Eleven-year-old Sapphire wants nothing more than to be a normal member of society, but all of her hopes are constantly dashed while living with her doomsday prepping parents. Just when she is starting to get comfortable in her new home and life in Alaska, her father announces that they will be leaving society indefinitely to thwart the coming apocalypse.At least, that's what he thinks is going to happen.Uncertain as to what's coming next, but knowing that she definitely doesn't want to leave the place that is giving Sapphire her first sense of home, she wonders if life would be better without having to follow her parents' orders all the time.After weeks of snow and living off rations, she starts to think a little harder about how to get away from the dangerous life her family is forcing her to lead. But first, she's got to figure out how to get them all out of there in one piece with months of winter still on the horizon.