After a bad car accident, Jason is left with one paralyzed leg. He's lucky to have survived, but he's not sure he can handle life confined to a wheelchair. Even when he was protecting his mom and siblings from his drunken father, or escaping from home to be with his friends, he never imagined having to deal with anything like this. When he becomes part of the Raven Canoe Family and learns to "pull" a canoe, his outlook on life begins to change.