Summer Dalton isn't too exited about about going to spend the summer off the coast of New Jersey with her Aunt Margie. But when Summer meets Sam Lockton, a shy boy that opens up to her and takes her heart away, Lani Watts, an outgoing girl who soon becomes fast friends with Summer, and an abandoned Sheltie pup, whom Summer names Roe, the summer doesn't seem so boring after all. And Summer doesn't feel that way anymore either. As twelve year old Summer and her newfound friends soak up the sun and have fun, Summer finds the true meaning of why she's in New Jersey, and as she unravels family secrets from the past it may change her life forever.