When Harley March, an English girl whose parents just died, moves to small Californian beach town, she can't think of anything worse. Taking one look at all the tanned, bikini-clad girls, she decides that she'll be spending the summer holed up in her bedroom with a sketch book and a pair of headphones. Her grandmother, on the other hand, has other ideas. She manages to get Harley a job at an ice cream shop and convinces neighboring boys to take her under their wing... by force, if necessary. This is not just a love story, this is a story about friendship, ice cream, new beginnings, love and loss. (Okay, guys, I know I suck at descriptions. Just read the book :P)