 Emily Lindstrom, 14, is an aspiring concert violinist; she s spending the summer practicing for a big audition while her girlfriends are at camp. She s also got a thriving neighborhood business: for 50 cents, she ll keep your secret. Her mother is very pregnant, and her parents seem more concerned about the new baby than anything Emily cares about. A new family moves in next door; their son, Philip, 12, becomes Emily s friend. Eventually, the weight of Emily s secrets - her own, the ones she s keeping professionally, and a secret Philip tells her, send her life temporarily crashing down.