During the Syrian conflict in Damascus, a missile destroys the ceiling of Zeina’s house. She is 12 years old, and for the first time, she is sleeping under the stars. She had previously been forbidden even to open a window. For the first time, she sees the outside world and makes friends with Amer, the boy next door. But Zeina feels guilty about her short-lived happiness when she sees her father, Mutaz, burst into tears at the sight of the destruction to his house and life. He hangs a bedsheet on every falling wall until her house looks like a grotesque tent. When the violence in Damascus escalates, Amer’s family decides to leave. But Zeina’s father refuses to become a refugee and tries everything to stop his family from leaving his home/improvised tent. The women in the family, though, have nothing more to lose and join the others who are fleeing. Zeina soon discovers that a window is now opening up to a new life for her.