When the new neighbors move in next door, Eddie never envisioned meeting a girl his age with so much grace, and exotic beauty. Saya Yamato is about to transform Eddie's innocent, small town life in central Ohio. It is love at first sight for him. But Saya has her own agenda for life and love.First love, however, isn't always kind, and can be confusing and painful. Eddie's heart longs for Saya. His best friend of eleven years, Cassie, the tomboy, is developing into an appealing young woman and is imagining a romantic relationship with Eddie. Saya's arrival brings unwanted complications.Their town is changing too as it becomes home to the first Japanese car production plant in the country. Ethnic tensions rise as the city is flooded with foreigners coming to work at the plant.The consequences of love will change the way Eddie views his life and his actions. And, young love has a way of creating unlikely heroes.
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