Presents an overview of Tibetan history before relating the story of a refugee family who fled their homeland in 1959 and eventually moved to Columbus, Ohio where they became American citizens.
Sammy wants to be a musician like his grandfather, but while the band he is in is self-destructing, Sammy is distracted by his grandfather's decline and confused feelings about his best friend--and his mother is too busy to help.
After eighteen-year-old Monroe Anderson's little sister, Annika, nearly drowns in the family pool, Monroe struggles with who he is and what is worth believing in while his parents cope with the accident in other ways.
