Eight-year-old Aisha is from a little city Banda Aceh, Indonesia. She just starts second grade when her father takes their family for the very first time to America to accompany him finish his studies. As her family starts their new life there, so many questions pop inside her head. Why do the Americans wear shoes in the house? Why do they open gifts right in front of the giver? Why are the little girls forbidden to get their ears pierced until they reach their teenage years? Why is she sent home from school just because of a couple of head lice on her head? So many questions for her to find the answers to!