Fourteen year old Sun turns her late grandfather’s remarkable story about a wild boy named Hadara into a successful book. After becoming separated from his family during a powerful storm, Hadara is rescued by ostriches and grows up in the Sahara surrounded by wild animals, including a loyal desert fox who becomes his closest companion. When Sun is invited to visit the Sahara, she meets Kharouba, a Nomad girl her own age, and begins to discover that the story of Hadara may be connected to a much greater mystery.