Molly 'Maybe' Macpherson - daughter of a Scottish mother and a Nigerian father - lives in a farming community in North West Scotland, where her mixed race heritage leads to embarrassment and bullying at school. Her problems escalate when the death of her father coincides with threats to the tenure of their farm. But from the depths of despair, Molly finds a magical friend, who inspires her to fight back, and in doing so, to find a new empowering pride in her ancestry.