Based on the book by the same name, the film tells the inspiring story of a 12-year-old boy, who, separated from his family by a fast moving storm, must fight to stay alive during his nine-day adventure lost in the backwoods of Maine.。10歲的加比爾住在他的「小小國度」中 — 位於布隆迪一個外國僑民聚居,舒適的社區。加比爾是一個快樂,終日無憂無慮地與小朋友和妹妹四處尋樂的正常孩子。然後,於1993年,鄰國盧旺達的緊張局勢蔓延,導致他的家人和他純真的人生也受到威脅。。