Sixteen year old Larkin Leigh and her mother, Sally, pack up their London home and drive to Yorkshire in the spring of 1977. Moving into a tiny cottage on Main Street, Haworth, Larkin battles with homesickness and behaves like a typical adolescent. Struggling with a new school, she is bullied by a tough girl, Shorty, however, Larkin, capable of defending herself, has a trick up her sleeve. Eventually, Larkin and Shorty become good friends but a charming boy with his own secrets causes disunity and Larkin has to choose between him and her new friendship with Shorty.
