Fifteen-year-old Andrea Baxter is thrilled when she's offered a summer job in Cape Breton. Although her mother worries that she is too young to move so far away, Andrea welcomes the chance to strike out on her own. It seems the perfect opportunity to escape from all the changes that have come into her life with her mother's recent marriage: a new stepfather, a new school, and a new house in the suburbs, worlds away from all her old friends. At last, her mother's fears alleviated and Andrea sets out on a journey to the east coast that marks the beginning of her most memorable summer ever. Not only does she play a role in a movie that is being shot at the historical site where she works, but Andrea also makes new friends, finds romance, and learns a family secret that will change her life forever.