Riley was 10 years old. She was in school and her teacher got a call from her principal saying that her parents were in a bad car crash and died. Riley went into a total meltdown. And she had no more grandparents and her aunts and uncles where in different countries. So she got put in a foster home and when she got in to much trouble there she went to an adoption center. She didn't like it so then you'll have to read to find out.