Saki loves animals—the bigger and furrier, the better. So when a couple of weeks shadowing her father's research course in Japan turns into a field trip with him to Borneo, she can hardly believe her luck.
Between orangutans, village life, new friends, and teaching local boys how to swim—and then a few diving tricks she's probably not supposed to be sharing—careful Saki begins taking chances of her own.
The more she stops waiting for permission to act, the more she discovers something unexpected: she isn't just following anymore. Other kids are starting to follow her.