Squeezed into a coat closet with his classmates and teacher, first grader Zach Taylor hears shots ringing through the halls of his school as a gunman takes nineteen lives and irrevocably changes his community. While Zach's mother seeks justice by holding the shooter's parents responsible, Zach retreats into a world of books and art. Armed with newfound understanding, he sets out on a captivating journey towards healing and forgiveness, reminding us that sometimes the quietest voices speak the loudest.

Surviving a horrific school shooting, six-year-old Zach Taylor retreats into the world of books and art. He makes sobering observations about his mother's determination to prosecute the shooter's parents, and the wider community's efforts to make sense of the tragedy.