In 1986 with only days until summer break, high school freshman Mamie Blackhead finds herself under the path of a small exploding plane while walking to school. Fighting to avoid the raining debris she discovers a neon knapsack with a journal detailing the life of a boy who may have perished in the sky above. As she digs deeper into the journal and reads about the boy's horrific experience at an orphanage, she will uncover a mystery that will haunt her the rest of her life.
