Hailey, a little girl in a wheelchair, wishes she could run and jump like her friends. She is in a wheelchair because she was born too early. Her brain didn't have enough time to grow all of the way, so the part that told her legs how to walk didn't work. Sometimes Hailey thinks she wants to be someone Onot" in a wheelchair. But does she, really?

Hailey and her friends find a shoebox full of letters dated 1942. Within the pages of those letters, the children learn about more than family and family history. They learn that prejudice and discrimination have a very long history.