Serafina an illegal migrant worker living in California when the police catch her is sent back to Mexico--without her 3 year old daughter. Twelve years later with a pair of silver barretts her only clue to her daughter, Serafina begins a harrowing journey back across the border to find her daughter.
Serafina, a fifteen-year-old, Mexican Indian girl, is desperate to leave her impoverished village in Mexico, but after she illegally emigrates to California, she learns that life is hard no matter where she lives.
