Kathleen Sutton is a happy, carefree Australian teenager. She is musical and is learning to play the piano. She also is also a member of a group with some of her friends and makes tapes for the school funds. Then she is diagnosed with leukaemia and her long treatment begins. And a strange thing happens. Kathleen's grandmother has just died and Kathleen starts to have dreams about her grandmother. It is as if her grandmother is reaching out to her and is trying to send her an urgent message. Kathleen tries to tell people about these dreams but when she sees their reaction she wisely decides she is better keeping them to herself.