Eddie Corazon, a sixteen-year-old juvenile delinquent and secret reader, was a former straight-A student until his friend, T.J. Ritchie, pushed him to deal drugs. When Eddie meets college-bound beauty, Lupe Garcia, he is struck by love. Desperate to impress Lupe, he tries his hand at poetry, and discovers he has a natural gift for writing. After making some bad choices he is sent to live with his uncle where he re-invents himself. At a crossroads, he must now make the right choices.