Ellen is horrified when her mother gives birth to a baby with cerebral palsy, but she soon develops an unyielding love for her brother and thinks of herself as his special guardian.

When sixteen-year-old Ellen Gray finds herself attracted to the lawyer in charge of the malpractice case related to her four-year-old brother's cerebral palsy, she becomes involved in the trial and gains a new perspective on her own life and options for her future.