It is the summer of 1973 and thirteen year-old Fred Nickel’s family has moved to the tiny farm town of Penryn in the foothills of Northern California. This is a conservative area with religion and parental guidance the rule. However, Fred and the rest of the young Penryn boys, despite their naiveté, have an adventurous summer marked by some crazy things: a close call with wild animals; a close call with a train that hits the evening news; an eerie discovery in an underground lake of an abandoned gold mine. Mix in a few beautiful, young teenage Penryn girls, puppy love, and Fred and the boys have a summer to remember!