First year of high school. Everyone has their own little messed up story about how there first year of high school went. Which one is yours? Thirteen year old Samantha Rose aka Sam, has had a bumpy life growing up with mixed emotions. When her loveable dad started becoming an alcoholic and starts abusing Sam's family, she and her mum try to start a new life in their old house in Geelong Victoria. Sam chose a school where she thought teenage dramas didn't exist. Little did she know, that a boy of her dreams Ethan Karpathy goes there. Will Ethan make Sam fall for him? What happens if Sam's dad comes looking for them? Will Sam get the high school year that she's always wanted?