Angelina Sommers is a straight, white, American girl who is starting her freshman year at Riden Blake High School. She's kind, semi athletic, had a 4.0 GPA all through middle shool, and is what most people consider a nerd, or one of the strange kids. Between her and her multiple friends, all of whom are extremely diverse, she fights her way through bullying, trying to fit in, and realizing that life isn't always that unique-- and that sometimes, in order to be happy, you have to become the unique.
After enduring years of neglect and cruelty from her mother and stepfather, Ariana's life changes drastically when tragedy brings her under the guardianship of five brothers she's never met and they never even knew they had a sister.
For her brothers, learning they have a sister is an unwelcome surprise. Suspicious and reluctant, her brothers see Aria as an outsider, a stranger disrupting the fragile balance of their lives.
For Aria, their home is both a new beginning and a constant reminder of the family that left her behind.
Haunted by the pain of her past, Aria struggles to adjust, her every action guarded and her trust hard to earn.
As her brothers try to understand her, they begin to glimpse the scars she hides and the strength she carries. Little by little, resentment turns to empathy, and the walls between them start to crumble. But just as the siblings begin to find common ground, the secrets and trauma of Aria's old life threaten to tear them apart. Together, they must decide whether they can overcome the shadows of the past to forge a family and whether Aria can finally find a place to belong.