Running away leads right back home - or does it? Sarvet walks with a grinding limp, and her mountain culture keeps girls close to home. Worse, her mother emphasizes all the things Sarvet can't do. No matter how her gutsy spirit or bold her defiancé, staying put means growing weaker. Yet only boys get wanderyars. Lacking their supplies and training, how can Sarvet escape? Can dreams - even big dreams - and inner certainty transform impossible barricades into a way out?