When the locals begin to believe that a boy is bringing bad luck to the village he and his family make the decision to move. The family and the boy's two new friends make the dangerous journey through the jungle and make it to a new place to live. The boy is determined to prove that he isn't bad luck and hatches a plan to enter the local rocket contest that is celebrated every year. He manages to build a very large rocket that he hopes will win him the competition and prove that there is more to himself than the bad luck that seems to follow him where ever he goes.