Valerie Anderson has had it. Her parents don't seem to care about her, and now her brother has started preaching at her about religion non-stop. So when her older boyfriend dumps her for another girl, she decides to take her life into her own hands and runs away from home. But making her way in a big city is not as easy as she thought it would be. Scared and wandering the streets at night, Val is befriended by a rough, older girl whose concern for her is the start of a new life.