Life changes for the better the summer Allie Cornwall turns 16. Her hard working factory foreman father wins 170 million dollars playing the North Carolina Powerball. Suddenly, Allie leaves the humble countryside of North Carolina for the glamorous coastal life of Southern California , where she begins a whirlwind transformation in a beautiful neighborhood, while attends the super elite Sanctuary Prep High School. Designer clothes, her very own luxury car and a banging new body, along with fabulous new friends, completes her transformation from a pudgy trailer park living loser to a slim mansion living star. And to top it off, Allie manages to catch the interest of Felix Hughes, one of Sanctuary Prep's most handsome and elite student. Everything is perfect for Allie...until her father decides to move his best friends family, the Garcia's, into the mansion guest house. Benjamin Garcia and his sister Selena remember who Allie used to be back in North Carolina...because they were once her best friends. There was even a time when Allie thought she was in love with sweet, sensible Ben Garcia. But now her old friends just don't fit in with Allie's new life, and Allie begins to wish the two would never intertwine. Will Ben and Selena keep the secret of Allie's not so fabulous past? Can Allie ignore her old friends for her new life? Allie wants to focus on her exciting new romance with Felix, but can she handle losing Ben forever? Read These Changes to find out more about Allie Cornwall, and the challenges she has to face keep her old wordl from colliding with her new.