It`s 1963 and thirteen-year-old Georgia decides to pretend that JFK is her father, certain that he won`t let her down - unlike her own father, who is too busy with work and a love affair to pay much attention to her. Georgia`s world is turned upside down when she and her mother leave their home in Brazil and return to the United States, where Georgia is immediately packed off to a boarding school. At school Georgia fails almost all of her classes and feels as if she`ll never fit in with the other girls. But as time passes, and with the help of her English teacher, some friendly voices, and her own growing self-awareness, Georgia begins to realize her self-worth and the true significance of her three most treasured possessions: a pebble from her friend Tim, her stamp collection, and her photograph of JFK. She also discovers many truths about the people in her life.