The outspoken Zweedse Fred begins her final year of school in a new country, a new city, and therefore a new school: the Technische School van Trieste on the Adriatic coast of Italy. As the only woman in a class full of boys, she quickly becomes the center of attention. Every boy longs for Fred in his own way, and together they balance on the thin line between warm friendship and mischievous romance, with the necessary rivalry. But to truly become part of the group, Fred has to endure more and more opposition and give up more and more of herself.