Months after his photo appeared on the August 2007 issue of "The New York Sun" newspaper, New York ballet photographer Yaniv “Nev” Schulman receives a package containing a replica painting of it. He contacts the painter, 8 year old Abby from Ishpeming, Michigan, and begins developing a close pen-pal relationship with her and taking photographs solely for her to paint. While Schulman’s brother, Ariel “Rel”, starts documenting their virtual interaction, Nev befriends Abby's family via Facebook, including her gorgeous 19 year old half sister Megan Faccio. When Nev and Megan become romantically involved and start to exchange personal information along with her originally written song recordings, Nev, Rel, and friend & business partner Henry Joost go deeper into the family’s background only to discover a shocking revelation.