It is the summer of 1941, and two kids from very different worlds are brought together by an unexpected tragedy. Brick lives on a sprawling apple orchard in upstate New York, while Mariel lives in Brooklyn after surviving a terrifying battle with polio. Mariel was adopted by a kind nurse, but she secretly longs to return upstate to uncover the hidden truth about her birth mother. When a devastating fire destroys the apple orchard, Brick's parents are forced to leave town for work. Brick is sent to stay in Brooklyn, far away from the elderly neighbors who desperately need his help harvesting the remaining apples. Despite his homesickness, Brick finds an unexpected friend in Mariel. United by their shared love for the Brooklyn Dodgers and their fierce determination to return upstate, the two children hatch a daring plan to travel back to the country on their own. You will be swept away by this historical adventure as Brick and Mariel risk everything to save the harvest and solve the mysteries of the past.