Fourteen-year-old Kati Newman likes her family just the way it is: happy. But just as her summer is about to begin in Cove Lake, Alabama, Kati's attorney father decides to take in a teenager who finds himself alone after his dad is imprisoned. After working so hard to get her family back on track the previous summer, Kati is certain her life is now ruined.

Vincent St. John, a brooding, pierced Goth, is barely used to the idea of his new living situation when Kati's godparents invite the family and Kati's secret boyfriend, Alex, along on an expedition to coastal Alabama to help them...

Fourteen-year-old Kati Newman likes her family just the way it is: happy. But just as her summer is about to begin in Cove Lake, Alabama, Kati's attorney father decides to take in a teenager who finds himself alone after his dad is imprisoned. After working so hard to get her family back on track the previous summer, Kati is certain her life is now ruined.

Vincent St. John, a brooding, pierced Goth, is barely used to the idea of his new living situation when Kati's godparents invite the family and Kati's secret boyfriend, Alex, along on an expedition to coastal Alabama to help them...