Following a botched suicide attempt, Sarah Hillsbrook finds herself under 24 hour watch at Excelsior House, a teen residential facility serving society's throwaways and misanthropes of the highest order. To survive their new environment, the children of Excelsior House will have to learn to trust in one another and build the courage they will need to confront the traumatic legacies of their pasts and discover together what a new life can bring.