Laylie, an energetic and intelligent seven-year-old girl born into slavery, must keep a secret--she and her older brother Luke are planning an escape. When their plan takes them south to Roselands, Laylie meets fifteen-year-old Millie Keith, a strong abolitionist who helps Laylie understand a freedom more precious than any other. With this new discovery, Laylie's life of faith begins as she and Luke make their way north, against impossible odds, to New York City ... and to true freedom.