In a fishing village in Palestine in the Roman year 781 AUC (our 28 AD), four free-spirited twelve year olds are well known for causing havoc - and getting away with it. Tahlia and her three untamed friends make ridiculous plans that never come off, often disrupting the town and their own families. Stealing, disturbing the peace, tempting disaster, even befriending the town's crazy person, are only a few of their escapades. When they hear about a stranger who makes miracles happen to sick people - just by his word - they decide to tag along after him, only to be disappointed time after time because they can never track him down. Then, like a sudden storm on their lake, tragedy strikes …