Mackenna Brewster has been living in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania with her single mother and little sister her entire life. Life in Bethlehem was always the same thing. Nothing major happened and there was hardly any excitement besides the typical teenage drama and rumors that spread through the small city. But then there was suddenly loud guitar music blasting from the house next door, there were late night parties interfering with Mackenna's sleep patterns, and there were suddenly tons of police appearances in the neighborhood. That's when Mackenna found out that city boy Joel Chambers had moved next door for the summer. Joel barged into Mackenna's life and brought a world of excitement that would change her summer and her life forever...