In search of her estranged husband, a mother brings her 3 children to Los Angeles in the hope of finding him. With no prospects they wander the streets; becoming beggars before long. Things start to turn around for them when the mother meets a Christian missionary.

After immigrating from their home in the Dominican Republic, 12-year-old Cucu Castelli and her eccentric family must discover and define their version of the “American Dream” in 1980s Miami. Cucu meets head-on the challenges of being an immigrant in a strange new world with humor, bravado and some really bad choices.

奥利维亚老师注意到她的一些学生失踪了，当她发现自己与一个儿童绑架者战斗时，她面临着自己过去麻烦的恶魔-一个不择手段不放弃被盗儿童的神话生物。