Raised in a laboratory, Isaiah is extremely smart but scared of everything. One day, he manages to escape the horrible and is forced to leave his family behind. All alone now, Isaiah has to learn to survive in the outside world-with its real predators, real friends, and real great food. When he meets a girl who is as unusual as he is, Isaiah soon learns that even someone as small and as frightened as he is can have the power to change the world.