Secrets are only truly secrets if they are kept, a lesson thirteen-year-old Alex Abrahms discovers during the most unpredictable summer of her life. Ecstatic to have a two-month summer retreat from all the awkweird changes she’s going through, Alex flips out when her parents decide to banish her to the retirement zone to spend the summer bonding with the eccentric grandparents she never cared to know. What Alex doesn’t realize is she is about to be plunged into a summer of mystery, intrigue, and secrecy. While in small-town Hammondsport, Alex reconnects with a local boy named Ryan. The two of them discover a treasure trove of secrets that could lead to a better understanding of who Alex is, as well as her connection to her grandfather’s dark past.