16 year old Lily had everything. A family, clothes on her back, a roof over her head, everything. But a simple spark took it all away. So she moved, from the small neighborhood in Long Island, to the big city of Manhattan. She bumps into Davey, an old friend, and becomes a newsie. Upon meeting the charismatic skirt-chasing Jack Kelly, she begins to fall for him. Is it possible that the life of an orphan can really beat the life she once had? Just maybe.