Fifteen-year-old Charlotte Flax is tired of her wacky mom moving their family into a different town any time she feels it is essential. If they move to a small Massachusetts town and Mrs. Flax begins dating a shop keeper, Charlotte and her 9-year-old sister, Kate, hope they could finally settle down. However, when the fascination to a elderly man of Charlotte gets in the way in which, the family has to learn to accept each other.