An alien space craft crash landed within her town when Emery had been years of age. Whether they came in peace or with more sinister intentions did not matter: a fierce battle erupted an alien species called the Atrians as humans fought over their new rivals.  In the middle of the conflict, Roman, '' a Atrian boy, found his solution to a shed behind Emery's house, where she inadvertently shielded him bringing him food, relaxation - and - friendship. Ten decades later, the Atrians have been compared to life on Earth, nevertheless they are interned at a heavily-guarded camp known to keep them separate from humans.  Now, for the very first time, a small grouping of adolescents that are Atrian will enroll at a suburban senior high school that is individual, with the goal of examining the feasibility of human/alien integration. Emery and Roman find one another again in a school.  While the planet around them rages with anger and prejudice, their bond becomes strong and dangerous.