Seventeen year old Courtney Rosetta West finds herself an orphan after her parents are killed. She seeks refuge with the Newsies of Manhattan. She almost immediately grows a liking toward Race, though she didn't say anything because she didn't think she was worthy. Unexpectedly, she finds herself kidnapped by Snyder, who is now an escaped convict. Snyder offers her a deal, a trade, her freedom for the capture of someone else. What will she do?