15-year old Rosie is a true daughter of the Nature Island; Dominica. Her father teases that her talking to the plants is what gives his struggling banana farm the sweetest crop for several towns around. She is fiercely protective of Dominica's unspoiled natural beauty, despite severe allergies to, of all things, plants.When the great hurricane hits, Rosie and her classmates find themselves trapped in a school building that threatens to bury them all.But the Hurricane isn't the only danger threatening life and property. Strangers lurk just beyond the shadows, in the wake of the destruction. What treasure they seek, and why, will set of a series of alarming events that could change Dominica's destiny... forever.What do these modern-day pirates want? And how can a simple farm girl save the Nature Island, still reeling from the greatest hurricane in a century, from another foreign invasion?
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