It's the summer of '95 in Upstate New York, and 16-year-old runaway Ruby Romero has just been stranded in Nebraska after her California-bound bus left her behind - with her sister on board! Chased by a tornado into a storm shelter, Ruby schemes her way into a cramped Firebird with five shady teens, all hunting for their own brand of treasure. Discovering she's entangled herself in a dangerous smuggling ring, Ruby and the others must solve a deadly, impossible legend if she ever wants to see her sister again. But can she survive this outcast crew? ​ ​A foster kid with a knack for picking locks A gorgeous dropout with the job of a lifetime​ An overachiever who excels at everything - including running from himself An anticommunist bookie And his optimistic little sister, who just wants to go home ​​​ In a time before smartphones, when you had to learn how to fold a map - or at least stop and ask for directions - five teenagers will forge an unlikely friendship to save their families. If they don't sell each other out first.