Two stories unfold, fifty years apart, as the narrative jumps between them. A child's journey is at the heart of each tale: in 1927, Rose flees her New Jersey home to find her mother, actress Lillian Mayhew, while in 1977, Ben, recently orphaned, embarks on a quest to discover his father.

Wonderstruck
A 50-year-old gap separates two children who embark on a quest to reunite, as Rose searches for an actress whose life she has documented in her scrapbook from 1927 and Ben flees home in 1977 to find his father.