Jayah "Yaya" Booker has always been a firecracker. Her don't care attitude has made life hard from the very beginning. From her absintee father to her drugged out mother, she's never had much guidance. The ill-tempered youngster has always been more mature than others her age, but her courage is tested when she is left to fend for herself. She meets new friends who change her outlook on life and love but will that be enough to keep her from a path of destruction? Or is the streets all she know?