Struggling with what it means to be the only black student in her grade six class in mid-1960s Halifax, twelve-year-old Selina Palmer takes comfort in the face that every day she returns to the loving and vibrant neigbourhood of Africville. But this is about to chance as families begin to move from the area. Just as Selina is coming to understand her place in the world, will the only home she knows be taken away?