What do you do if you are aged sixteen, miserable, in a home that you don't want to be in? Maya Thorn takes charge of her own destiny and forges her own path through life. She decides to run away from home, to start a new life and to pursue what's important to her. Along the way she experiences the highs of travel, friendship and love, as well as the horrendous lows of drug abuse, homelessness, and mental illness.
In this thought-provoking book, questions of belief, religion, environmentalism and capitalism are explored as Maya takes you with her on her travels.