"Karina Chopra would have never imagined becoming friends with the boy next door--after all, they've avoided each other for years and she assumes Chris is just like the boys he hangs out with, who she labels a pack of hyenas. Then Karina's grandfather starts tutoring Chris, and she discovers he's actually a nice, funny kid. But one afternoon something unimaginable happens--the three of them are assaulted by a stranger who targets Indian-American Karina...

Christina, the Texas Twister hoping to be the first Mexican-American Junior Elite all-around champion at the American Invitational, is side-lined during practice when her vault routine ends with a sharp pain in her ankle.