What do you do when strangers suddenly become part of your life? Maitreyi's new year at Hill School does not begin well—a few days before school reopens, her mother tells her she has to meet the brother she barely remembers. The Class VIII students have to help rebuild a school for local children, and the Baldwin School boys are part of the project. That means Maitreyi is constantly thrown into the company of this stranger who is her brother. And while working on the school project, Maitreyi and her friends have to cut through an atmosphere of fear and distrust until they uncover some shocking truths about their new classmates ...