Thirteen-year-old Jillian Robichaux's coastal Louisiana town of Boutin suffers a catastrophic flood that might be too much for her community to overcome, but she is determined to keep both Boutin and its indomitable spirit alive.
All that Jenna Oliver hopes to do is go away to college to get away from her small town and alcoholic mother, until the McAlister twins come into her life, each harboring secrets and difficulties of their own.
