Jes has tolerated her mother's marriage and being ousted from her room by her beautiful stepsister, but the news that her mom is pregnant, and the distancing of her two best friends, has Jes feeling very left out.
Ben is having problems making sense of his life and fitting in at his high school, but when his Great-Aunt Frieda comes to visit, her stories about her childhood in Russia help Ben discover who he is and who he wants to be.
Anna has always been content to let her best friend Zoe take the risks, leaving Anna to watch from the sidelines, but when Zoe breaks her arm, Anna must face summer camp on her own.
Jes feels her normal life slipping away when her best friend, Dell, falls in love with a jerk, her mother announces plans to remarry, and her soon-to-be stepsister comes to stay for the month before the wedding.
