Aarti has lived on the island with Aunt for as long as she can remember. Like the weather Aunt rules her world with rare warmth. Aarti's only comforts are a book of Indian myths full of blue gods a fox's friendship and a toy rabbit she finds in a locked room. Then she learns Aunt has been feeding her lies. Fate intervenes when a half-drowned boy washes up on the beach. With his help Aarti hopes to remember who she really is. . .and perhaps find a way home.