After a girls Scouts meeting, Raina trips and falls, severely injuring her two front teeth. What follows is a long and frustrating journey, nearly a five year experience with dental surgery and orthodontists. This occurs at the same time as the onset of puberty, peer relationships in middle school and bullying. Raina just wants to be a normal sixth grader but she is left to deal with on again, off again braces, surgery, embarrassing headgear and even a retainer with fake teeth attached and on top of all that, there’s still more: a major earthquake, boy confusion and friends who turn out to be not so friendly.