Belfast 15 August 1969. Surrounded by sporadic violence and growing danger nine-year-old Buddy finds himself confronted with the ugly reality of sectarian conflict. And as the suffocating stranglehold of increasing turmoil tightens around his once-peaceful working-class neighbourhood Buddy tries his best to understand The Troubles--after all someone must be responsible for forcing people to flee their homes. Now Buddy's family must come face to face with a nearly impossible life-altering decision: stay or start packing?