At the age of twelve, Billy Bradshaw is sentenced to community service and thrown to the care of six aging Bohemians in the Liberty Street Home for the Elderly. His summer takes an unexpected turn when a new administrator arrives to Liberty Street, planning to rid himself of the troublesome denizens of Hall B.
Billy decides to save the home the Bohemians have created, and he doesn’t face the challenge alone. Aided by Cassidy, the administrator’s eccentric daughter, Billy embarks on a journey through the seedy New Orleans underground, hoping that together they can save his friends.
But as Billy begins his journey to adulthood, he isn’t prepared for the twists and turns the summer will bring. Faced with tragedy, Billy must decide if he can bring himself to face life and learn what it means to love someone.