Fifteen-year-old Austin Moreland finds his life turned upside down when he unexpectedly enters the foster system. His soldier father is missing in Afghanistan, and his mother has a fatal car crash only days after the news of Sgt. Moreland's MIA status is known. Austin's life is further complicated when he is mistaken for another teen who is setting fires in the area. The youth finds help, however, from an unexpected source as Sam and Sarah Richards become his foster parents and search for the real arsonist.