Hannah KaReese and her best friend, Tara DeMoss, are just two typical small-town girls. They're preparing to take a ski trip to Colorado when tragedy strikes. KaReese's father has died in a car accident, creating a chain of events that will send these two friends on the adventure of a lifetime.

Tara's father convinces KaReese's mother, Abbey, to take a job with his company, a business that has recently obtained a government grant to study various cultures of the world. Abbey agrees to the assignment and soon KaReese and Tara find themselves on the small Polynesian island of Moorea in the...