The War Between the States has been going on for almost three years and shows no signs of stopping. When Elise befriends a man whose son chose to fight with the South, her best friend, Vera, becomes angry. She turns her back and tells the other students at school not to play with Elise.

As the months pass, Elise wonders if she'll ever win back her friends. And as the war finally nears its end, what will she and her brother, Daniel, do when the discover a secret that could destroy Vera's world?