An adolescent Jewish girl makes the arduous exodus on foot from Ethiopia to Israel with her older brother and younger sister. Based on events which occurred over a six month period between 1984-85, the story is intricately plotted, so that it never lags, yet no element seems contrived or coincidental. There is a remarkable development of Desta's character, as a teenage girl with adolescent worries, called upon to make extraordinary sacrifices and courageous advances in order to attain a goal. (Age 14 and older)