It’s the worst summer on record for nearly-twelve-year-old Callie Boone. Not only has she been ditched by her best friend for someone more 'awesome', but she may never live down her recent humiliation at the community pool. Her ex-drill sargeant mom is on her case, and her uncle Danny has moved in--along with cages of ferrets that he hopes to make his fortune breeding as pets, and which Callie’s cranky grandma despises. The only things keeping her afloat are dive practices with her dad and a secret Olympic dream. That is, until a boy named Hoot moves in next door and teaches a reluctant Callie the true meaning of friendship