Matilda "Tilly" Castillo is seriously injured during her senior year, meaning her dream of becoming a contemporary dancer in the future becomes just that--a dream--until she gets a once-in-a-lifetime chance to join a New York dance troupe for the summer. Tilly decides to gamble everything--even a commitment to Georgetown University--on the possibility of turning this summer experience into a career. Friend troubles, sabotage, crushes, and blackmail all rise up to get in Tilly's way.