Medina Mason is a defiant awkward newcomer to the affluent beach community of Palos Verdes California. As her parents' marriage disintegrates and her beloved brother falls prey to the temptations of drugs and the lunacy of their mother Medina surfs to survive finding a bitter solace in the rough comfort of the waves. This is the moving story of growing up 'different' of the love between siblings and of one girl's power to save herself.