Mark Van Buren, nicknamed Diamond Eyes by his loving aunt, is a fourteen-year-old misfit from Michigan who can't seem to do anything right. When he discovers his father and stepmom plan to ship him to Florida to live with his uncle DJ and aunt Rita, the founders of a cover band, the Ambient Images, he worries he won't be accepted. But when he fills in to sing one night, he finds himself at the start of a personal journey that will change his life...