Pointy Elbows, Bleeding Knees

15-year-old Julie feels that time stands still in the suburban neighborhood where she lives with her helpless mother and older sister. When her sister¿s boyfriend drops by the house a warm day during summer vacation she sees the opportunity to not only escape from the heavy weighing atmosphere of her childhood home, but also to satisfy some of the restlessness and curiosity that lives in her evolving teenage body.