After being unfairly implicated in her best friend's scheme gone awry, Tatum Elsea is grounded for almost the entire summer, where she starts her own graphic design business and begins an online relationship with an Irish cello player.
Given a once-in-a-lifetime chance to spend the summer with a New York City dance troupe, Tilly is determined to turn it into a career despite her family's wishes, fears about the city, and the cutthroat dancers.