Thomas Duval is 16, and is about to live an experience that many young French people of his age envy him: spending a year studying in an American high school. Excited as much as terrorized at the idea of leaving the family cocoon, he will discover another culture, discover himself, and perhaps even discover love. How else to think when one of the most popular girls in high school comes to meet you to chat, and that chat turns into a date? A girl you feel so close to but who is so distant. Would it be a game? What’s this beautiful and intriguing girl really hiding?