Set on a remote Pacific island, covered in rain forest and dominated by an active volcano, this heartfelt story, enacted by the Yakel tribe, tells of a sister's loyalty, a forbidden love affair and the pact between the old ways and the new.
Mischievous youngster Selin is encouraged to be more like her older sister Wawa, who is being readied to undertake the ceremony that will recognize her as a grown woman of the Yakel tribe. But Wawa is rebellious in her own way: she and Dain, the handsome grandson of the tribal chief, are in love. When, as part of an effort to resolve island hostilities, Wawa is betrothed to a man from another tribe, she must choose between loyalty to her clan and her own heart.