Penobscot Indian Molly Ayer‚ close to “aging out” of the foster care system‚ is doing community service to stay out of juvie. As she helps an elderly woman clean out her home‚ Molly learns that as a young Irish immigrant orphaned in New York City‚ Vivian was put on a train to the Midwest with hundreds of other children‚ toward an unknown destiny. And Molly discovers that she can help Vivian find answers to questions that have haunted her all her life.