Young and bewildered, Jessica thinks only of surviving for another day. The comfort of her mother and litter mates is far behind her, and she must face a big, dangerous world alone. An angry outburst from her owner leaves her confined to a garden shed, her leg broken. She falls ill, and is surrendered to the local animal shelter. But it is too late to save Jessica's leg it must be amputated.
In a foster home, warm and well-fed for the first time in her short life, Jessica's courage begins to fail as she wonders what will happen to her next. Who would want a dog with only three legs, after all? Then an encounter with a dangerous stranger changes everything