Twelve-year-old Caroline is a Hurricane Child, born on Water Island in the Virgin Islands during a storm. Coming into this world during a hurricane is unlucky, and Caroline has had her share of bad luck already. She's hated by everyone in her small school; she can see things that no one else can see. And worst of all, her mother left home one day and never came back. With no friends and days filled with heartache, Caroline falls in love with another girl--and together they set out in a hurricane to find Caroline's missing mother.