Ada and Matilda are very different young girls living in the Trace. Ada, has run away from home vowing never to return. Matilda, the daughter of a sharecropper has dreams of leaving the swamp for a better life up North.
Terrible circumstances bring these girls together and they must depend on each other for their survival.
You will cheer for each and every one of their achievements, no matter how small and your heart will break for them at times.