Polly, Jo, and Ama were good friends throughout elementary school but things began to change in 7th grade. Ama was hard at work with her grades and befriended another excellent student, Grace. Jo started wearing outfits that made her look "cool" and began hanging out with the popular girls. Polly, well, Polly didn't change. She continued to be the same, unique girl. The summer before the girls enter high school, they find themselves at a crossroads. Polly becomes obsessed with modeling, but she loses part of herself in her desperate attempt to look like Kate Moss. Ama is sent on a wilderness trip far away from home, where she has no friends and must take big risks to earn the A she wants. Jo gets a job on the beach, near her summer house, but must understand the drama and heartbreak of summer love. Together, the girls find themselves and each other during a summer they will never forget.