Luke Davis has it made. He has best friends. He has great parents. He has just turned twelve. He lives in a gated community.

Luke's father lets a bomb off when he tells Luke and his older sister that they are moving to the other side of town. Mr. Davis moves them over by the flood wall with the river on the other side. The house is a 'fixer-upper'.

After moving into the scariest house he's ever seen, Luke discovers many surprises. It is the summer of change.