The Zhao family is the poorest household in their village, so when they take in a five-year-old girl nobody else wants, the neighbors treat it as one more joke at their expense. The girl, Juno, is chubby, quiet, and apparently ordinary — except that strange luck starts following the family everywhere. A blind relative suddenly sees. A poisoning that should have killed a family member fades instead.
As the Zhaos climb from poverty to wealth, outsiders notice the pattern and start digging for the source. What they find is stranger than any of them expected: Juno's power is tied to an object she keeps hidden, and the people who want it are not above taking it from a child. The family that once fed her scraps now has to decide how far they will go to protect her secret.
