Sixteen year old Josephine is secretly thrilled when her mother announces that they'll be spending an academic year in the USA because of her new job. She's thrilled because she just knows it's going to be amazing - she can forget everything that's happened in her past, and be the cool new British girl in school. She can step into a world that she just knows will be all cheerleaders and school dances and ice cream parlours open all hours. What's not to love?