What if your severely disabled sister were to suddenly die and people suspected that your father had played a role in her death? Could they be right? What if your best friend, a girl you've started to like as more than a friend, thinks your dad can do no wrong? Could she be right? What if she's not? That's life for fifteen-year-old David Burke after his sister, Ivy, drowns while swimming with their father. David is forced to deal with his own feelings of guilt and must wrestle with moral questions to decide for himself what is right, what is merciful, and what can be forgiven.