Nome, an introverted teenager, has grown up on an isolated smallholding with her parents, her only friend is a talking earth Worm. However, today is the day when the world starts to crumble.

15-year-old Rocks fears that she and her little brother Emmanuel will be taken into care and forced apart if anyone finds out that their mother has left them. Against all odds, and with the help of her loyal friends, she evades the authorities and navigates the most defining days of her young life.