Growing up in the Amazon rainforest, Autumn encounters the rarest of friendships: she discovers a lost jaguar cub named Hope. When a tragic event forces Autumn to leave Hope for the unknowns of New York, she spends years dreaming of returning to the rainforest with her boyfriend. At 14, Autumn, accustomed to city life, discovers that her childhood village is under threat from animal smugglers and decides she must return to the Amazon with her beloved jaguar. Autumn’s delightfully clumsy biology teacher Anja (Emily Bett Rickards) tries in vain to talk her out of this reckless plan. Anja joins Autumn to find Hope and save her from those who would destroy the rainforest and its wildlife.