Stella (Stel) Louis is sent back to Tulsa for the year to stay with her cousin Johnny Cade. There she hopes to get her life back on track and finally have a decent shot at graduating, what happens though when she falls for two people at once? Sodapop Curtis the golden boy and Dallas Winston the rebel? Unsure of where to go and which direction to take, she learns that second chances can be just as hard as firsts if not even harder. (Based on The Outsiders written by SE Hinton)