When the parents of 17-year-old Delphie Hampton stumble upon a job opportunity in California, they know they don't have a choice but to take it. What kind of marine biologist would pass up the opportunity to take part in the research of a potentially new sea creature? As much as Delphie dreads the move her family takes halfway across the country, she knows she needs to look on the bright side. The last thing she expects is to make a friend in the most unlikely of places, and a quite ironic one at that.