OwenтАЩs plan to sail away on an adventure puts him on a collision course with some very dangerous people.
When OwenтАЩs parents leave him on his own for a week, the sixteen-year-old gets bored and hatches a crazy idea: sneak onto the yacht thatтАЩs visiting the sleepy Pacific Coast island where he lives and stow away on an adventure! Once on board the vessel, Owen quickly finds this is anything but innocent fun. The ship is packed with teenagers from Central America, and it looks like Owen has stumbled into a people-smuggling operation.
Complications pile up and as things head from bad to worse, a haunting incident from OwenтАЩs past tightens its grip on him. ThereтАЩs only one way to break free and make his way home. Owen and the first mate, Arturo тАФ a former street kid тАФ must work together to commandeer the boat and win the trust of those on board. But whoтАЩs friend and whoтАЩs foe in the shifting tides?