When disaster strikes Jamaica, a young boy is sent to a foreign country to make a better life for himself and the family he had to leave behind. This story highlights the struggles he faces trying to integrate into a place that isn't as welcoming as he had first envisioned. Before Leaving everything behind he makes a solemn promise to his mother and family to return home one day. This book depicts an era of Great Britain in a time of hardship and mass immigration from its many colonies, at a time when integration and discrimination were rife.