Life hasn't been easy for Jeremy Morrison. He has just been released from a Juvenile Detention Center after six months of being locked up, and things haven't been going great. After getting kicked out of his mother's house and moving his sister, Nirvana, and himself to his grandmother's, he faces the challenge of adjusting to a new life in a new town. There Jeremy meets Thalia Anderson, a girl whose talents transcend those of even the most practiced pianist. Her wealthy family looks down on the rest of society, especially people like Jeremy. What will happen if they fall for each other? Can they survive a small town scandal, or will it go down in flames and turn to ash along with the rest of Jeremy's life?