When Captain Alfred's boat is caught in an unexpected storm everything aboard the ship is flung to the far reaches of the sea except one little duckling and a fiddle that the the duckling embraces with all his heart.

Amie has spent her life perfectly in tune with Ba-ba, her fathershe plays the violin, his favorite instrument; she loves all his favorite foods, even if he cant eat them during his cancer treatments; and they talk about books, including Amies favorite series, Harry Potter. But after Ba-ba dies, Amie feels distanced from everyone close to her, like her mother and her best friends, Rio and Bella. More devastating still, she loses her ability to play...