An artistic immigrant boy and his best friend his grandmother, immigrate to Canada from a seaside Caribbean fishing village to live with the boy's parents in North America. After the death of his grandmother, a lonely and confused Delroy wonders if the traditional mass holiday migration of his white Canadian friends are going away to where his grandmother went. Delroy Kincaid must understand his new home, while holding on to his love of his old. One winter Delroy's artistic imagination comes alive and takes him on a journey of self-discovery in a new foreign land.