on the last night of summer emma tags along with her game warden father on a routine call theyre supposed to rescue a wild rabbit from a picket fence but instead they find a little bunny emma convinces her father to bring him home for the nightthe next day emma starts public school for the very first time after years of being homeschooled more than anything emma wants to make a best friend in school but things dont go as planned on the first day of school shes paired with a boy named jack for a project he cant stay on topic he speaks out of turn and hes obsessed with animals jack doesnt fit in and emmas worried hell make her stand outemma and jack bond over her rescue rabbit but will their new friendship keep emma from finding the new best friend shes meant to have