Straight-laced Candy McFarlane encounters life on the edge when she starts hanging out with some cool older kids and finds herself in over her head. Candy is thirteen, living in Saskatoon with her parents, her little brother "Carboy," and Murphy the dog. She is tired of waiting for Grade 8 to end, her mom's constant nagging, and Gerald the geek hurling insults from across the street. She starts hanging out with some new and exciting friends - friends her mother wouldn't approve of.