When ten-year-old Tom Heidelberg discovers a hopscotch chalk pattern in the attic with the magical power to grant a positive emotion to one of his relatives each twenty-four hours, his faith to fix his fractured family is restored. But despite his efforts to help, Tom will quickly understand that the game powers are limited and powerless to save people that don’t want to be saved. Until the drama of a death in the family will restore the harmony and allow the remaining family members to finally value each other.