Grace, a witty 13-year-old girl with big dreams and the rare gift of making everyone around her laugh, takes us back to her early childhood years with her loving farmer family in Kenya. Growing up in a vibrant family with eight siblings, her world is full of playfulness, and she dreams of becoming a comedian—and perhaps a farmer like her hardworking parents. Rain is everything to Grace and her family. She used to trust that the rain would come and make their crops grow into delicious maize and sweet pumpkins. But that has all changed.
Grace shows us a time when disaster struck the family. Year after year, droughts put her family farm at risk, and her biggest fear becomes that her dad will have to leave them to find work in the city. When a storm destroys their home, Grace is sure that her family will be split apart. The rain that used to make her happy had suddenly become dangerous.
But even in the midst of crisis, there is laughter and hope, and her close-knit family ultimately recovers. At the heart of this real life family’s story is Grace, whose humor and infectious optimism holds them together through tough times. We follow her journey, witnessing the power of resilience, humor, and the unshakeable belief that a better tomorrow is possible—even in the face of climate change.
