Aria, a young and brave monarch butterfly, is born into a comfortable life in Vermont-but must care for herself without her mother and longs to meet her. Soon her new friends tell her she must leave her happy home to head south, to the Arbol Mystico, before deadly winter freezes arrive. Join the kaleidoscope on their adventures south through New York City, over the Appalachian Mountains and further on into Mexico, in search of safe haven and the mother Aria has never known.  Aria discovers beauty, danger and strength within the world as she pushes her boundaries to find a new home.