Seventeen-year-old Madeline May "Maddie" Richardson, is a dynamic classically trained concert pianist with plans to attend The Juilliard School in the fall. For the first time in years she's taking a "break" to spend the summer with her extended family in California. What's supposed to be a quiet respite turns into days volunteering at her aunt's youth center in a rough Los Angeles neighborhood as well as opportunities-and-love-she could have never imagined. By summer's end, she's forced to make a tough decision: choose what's right or what's absolutely necessary.