Coby Hutcherson has been alone all his life.Like most boys his age,he's still finding himself.Only what makes things trickier,is that he's an orphan.Already 16,Coby still hasn't been adopted from the horrid orphanage he lives in.The orphanage owner, Miss Prune,hates him and treats him badly.Coby knows he might never get adopted as he is already much older than the other kids at the orphanage that are all 11 and below,who usually get adopted.To stay out of anyone's way,Coby usually keeps to himself.It's the same at school.The only place he really feels like he fits in,is in the forest at the far end of his little town. But one day in the forest,Coby's life is changed forever when he finds a possible way to find out about his missing family.