Matt Sherman is in his final year of school. And he’s ready to move onto bigger and better things. But from the moment he hears her voice over the fence, Matt knows he has to meet his neighbours’ cousin, Monica Bloom. She’s just flown in from Dublin ready for the start of school, but not at all ready, it turns out, for what the year holds.

Things slip out of control when Matt’s dad is embroiled in a scandal at work that makes news headlines. Meanwhile, Monica Bloom finds trouble of her own, and Matt finds that he can’t stop thinking about her.