Viola Corrigan is a shy girl who enjoys reading, immensely. So much so, that someone in her school has started to leave books for her to read under the bleachers in the gym. Now Viola loves a good mystery, as much as she enjoys her adventure stories. But when a certain guy at school, instead of getting the hint, becomes her perpetual shadow and the strange situation of reacquainting herself with an old friend, even Viola starts thinking that her life has become a strange work of fiction.