In Santa Cruz for the summer, a young woman discovers the sport of surfing -- and a family secret as well.

Nicole, a shy New York City high school student, is still mourning the drowning death of her beloved dad. But when Nicole is sent to California to spend the summer with the free-spirited grandmother she barely knows, she'll learn a shocking family secret she yearns to understand. Now on a quest to Baja, Mexico to discover herself, Nicole will find friendship, romance, the thrill and healing power of surfing, and a link to her late father that could change her life forever.—JRemingtonW