A New York Times Bestselling Author Twelve-year-old William Eng, a Chinese-American boy, has lived at Seattle's Sacred Heart Orphanage since his mother's listless body was carried away five years ago. On the day the nuns designate as William's birthday, he and the other orphans are taken to the Moore Theatre where William sees an actress named Willow Frost on the silver screen. Convinced the movie star is his mother, William escapes from the orphanage with his friend Charlotte to find her.
