A broken-down camper hidden deep in a national forest is the only home fifteen-year-old Carey has ever known. The trees keep guard over Carey and her younger sister Jenessa, as their mentally ill mother comes and goes with greater frequency until one fateful day, when their mother disappears for good. The girls are found by their father, a stranger, and taken to reenter a bright and perplexing new world of high school, clothes, and boys. While six-year-old Jenessa adjusts quickly, Carey must come to terms with the truth of why their mother spirited her away ten years ago, and she is haunted by a past that wont let her go a dark past that hides the secret of why Jenessa hasnt spoken a word in over a year. Its tempting to let go and fit in. But Carey knows she must keep her sister close, and her secret even closer, or risk watching her new life come crashing down.