Follow middle schoolers Ali, Jake, and Noah as they are on a mission - to convince its citizens to leave their luxurious paradise and return to West Virginia - begging the question: why would anyone to come back to a state that is losing more and more people each day? Along the way, the three friends will visit typical Appalachian towns, run into popular , and set forth a chain of events that will lead to a . creates a window into the and ultimately provides solutions for these popular crises.