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With no friends or internet connection at Grandma Jo’s, Elliott miserably resigns to two whole months spent watching black-and-white movies on TCM—one of the few TV channels his Grandma receives—and being lectured about how lazy and spoiled kids are these days. The only thing that Elliott and Grandma Jo can bond over is their shared adoration for the classic film star Marion Cavendish, whose movies they begin to tune into nightly. One day, Elliott spots an opportunity that could quell his summertime sadness and make the dog days spent in Mount Laurel all worthwhile: a film festival happening in New York City that Marion Cavendish will be attending. The only problem is that Elliott can’t board a Greyhound bus to the city without an adult passenger accompanying him. So, he reluctantly invites Grandma Jo to join him. But when their bus breaks down, Elliott and Jo must take matters into their own hands by embarking on an unexpectedly elaborate 88½ mile trek by foot, car, subway, and speedboat, encountering a number of roadblocks on their mad dash to make it to the Lincoln Center in time for the movie screening and Cavendish’s red carpet appearance. Over the course of their journey, Elliott and Jo begin to realize they each underestimated one another, and that what they saw as their comrade’s limitations may actually be their greatest strengths.