Leonora Logrono's family owns the most beloved bakery in Rose Hill, Texas, spending their days conjuring delicious cookies and cakes for any occasion and no occasion is more important than the annual Dia de los Muertos festival. Leonora hopes that this might be the year that she gets to help prepare for the big celebration... but once again, she is told she's too young. So Leo sneaks out of school only to discover that her mother, aunt, and older sisters have been keeping a secret.