Luke is the perfect guy: handsome, kind, funny. She and Emaline had lived in the beach town of Colby since birth and were inseparable. But in the last summer before college, Emaline wonders: is perfect good or bad?

And here comes Theo, an incredibly ambitious loner, assistant director of a documentary film. His soul belongs to New York, and he believes that Emaline is too smart to forever connect her life with Colby.

Emaline's father rarely appears at home, and when he does, he also says that his daughter is quite capable of living better life, and strongly advises her to choose only an Ivy League college - and no other.

The bright future drawn by Theo and her father undoubtedly attracts the girl, but a loving mother, stepfather and sisters are not the people who can easy to leave. Emaline wants to reach the moon - and higher, but how not to lose balance in the pursuit of everything you strive to achieve?..