What can you hope for, where can you turn, when you're fourteen and you've landed alone in an unfamiliar city? Wahabou left his country, crossed a desert and braved a treacherous sea, but that was only one part of his journey. The path to a new life still has many obstacles. He must search for support and friends, find a purpose and a community. But to do this, he needs to learn to read and write in a new language : French. Word by word, Wahabou builds a new life.