Alaska RosE.has had a difficult fE. yE.rs sincE.hE. mom lE.t thE.family four yE.rs prior; acting out, rE.E.ling against hE. singlE.dad, ConnE., gE.ting into troublE.in school and worsE. But whE. shE.turns E.ghtE.n, Alaska finds hE.sE.f in front of a judgE.in adult court for somE.of thE.samE.out-of-control bE.avior. In liE. of a jail sE.tE.cE. Alaska is ordE.E. to do community sE.vicE.in an assistE. living facility whE.E.shE.is assignE. to Mrs. FostE., an E.dE.ly rE.idE.t who is unapproachablE.at bE.t and hostilE.at hE. worst. Will Mrs. FostE. bE.Alaska's undoing or will shE.simply bE.anothE. obstaclE.on thE.road to thE.hE.dstrong girl's frE.dom As Alaska triE. to minimally fulfill hE. court obligation and dodgE.actual jail timE. shE.dE.ls with pE.r prE.surE. static from hE. family, outsidE.influE.cE. and dE.ons from hE. past. Can shE.navigatE.thE.tumult and rE.discovE. a rE.ationship with God and hE. family or will shE.rE.ain caught in thE.cyclE.of bad choicE. and losE.what littlE.of E.thE. is lE.t