Synopsis

When their parents embark on a new life together, Lexi and Dawn find themselves helplessly along for the ride, forced to make friends —and share a room— with a complete stranger. Told in a series of snapshots, The Summer of Lexi & Dawn catalogs the beginning, middle and end of a middle school friendship, and the unique heartbreak that comes with your first friend breakup.

Their story begins where many friendships were forged in the mid-2000s: on the Dance-Dance Revolution mat. Lexi first breaks the ice by teaching Dawn how to get the highest scores in their favorite video game. This becomes the entry point for their budding friendship, leading into a “honeymoon phase” filled with mac 'n' cheese, hair dye, and lots of laughter. However, as the summer comes to an end and their parents leave their own honeymoon phase behind, Lexi and Dawn find themselves doing the same.

Feelings come to a head when Lexi and her friends from school play a prank on Dawn that goes wrong - leaving Dawn in tears at their summer pool party. In the aftermath, Lexi and Dawn are forced to face the fact that they both - and their parents - are growing apart. The Summer of Lexi and Dawn is ultimately a love story told to our middle school best friends.