Cally Cummins is a young girl about to be out of school for summer break. The Florida sunshine is heating up and so is the adventure coming Cally's way as she and her brother Bud, through unusual circumstances meet a mysterious young boy, Jesse Tate. Jesse is poor and lives with his mother and the mean town drunk, Jasper Tate. The Cummins family extends a generous offer to help Jesse, which leads to a lasting friendship, but also the unraveling of long buried secrets surrounding the boys past. One stormy afternoon as Cally and Jesse are digging inside the opening of a stump in Seminole Woods...