When jobs are scarce, a hard working father is let go to make way for the boss's son. An opportunity opens to look for work on the mainland, but when the family arrives they encounter more difficulties than they had first planned on.

Bullied and beaten, the teen son goes through a rough transition. Not wanting to further trouble his parents, he is soon faced with a decision of whether or not to join a gang?

Could the God they first learned of really be a help?

This resourceful unwelcome family experiences many twists and turns while discovering talents that they didn't know they had. Facing trials is a true adventure as they adjust to their surroundings in the new land.

R. A FELLER