Young Dora spent most of her life in the jungle with her parents-researchers engaged in the search for the lost city of Parapata. One day they find the key to solving the mystery of his whereabouts and go on a long expedition, and the daughter is sent to Los Angeles to relatives. But a teenage girl could not imagine that getting used to high school will be much harder than living among the dangers of the rainforest. That's just the problem of adapting to a hostile school environment soon fade into the background, when Dora's parents cease to communicate, and the girl and several of her classmates are kidnapped by treasure hunters looking for Parapata...