This is a contemporary tale about two friends
- one of whom Asra is an asylum seeker from an unnamed Eastern European country. The other Ruby Tanya is the daughter of a local man who is campaigning against the presence of asylum seekers in his community. During a dramatic explosion at the girls' school a young teacher is killed. The asylum seekers at the local camp are blamed & local people begin to argue that they should be deported. A branch of the National Front gets involved & demos are planned. Asra & her parents are due to be deported but Asra runs away at the last minute so her parents have to return without her. She hides in a nearby derelict building & is helped by Ruby Tanya.