As all his friends return for the summer from their first year away at college, Nick Monroe feels lost and alone. His father is dating a much younger woman, while his friends seem to be moving on with their lives. As he treads carefully into a relationship with his best friend, Megan, Nick, along with his other friends Kaz and Mulligan, will discover the truth about the mysterious new family that has moved in down the blocka truth that may destroy them all.

Caroline lives on Meadowview Street. But where's the meadow? Where's the view? There's nothing growing in her front yard except grass. Then she spots a flower and a butterfly and a bird and Caroline realizes that with her help, maybe Meadowview Street can have a meadow after all.