4 kids. 3 rockets. 1 bad idea. For Lacey Patterson, it's looking like another boring summer of doing chores and poking sticks at armadillos. Until she makes an exciting - and dangerous - discovery. When she stumbles across a crate filled with surplus military rockets, her and her best pal Kenny decide to do what any kid would do... build a rocket powered car on the outskirts of town. Of course, they know nothing about cars, and have no way to move the rockets. Oh, and they'll probably get killed in the process. Now all they have to do is convince Charlie and Kenny's delinquent older sister Darlene to help out... and keep it a secret. With enough duct tape and baling wire, and a healthy dose of not-knowing-any-better, they're bent on making this a summer to remember... if they can just stay alive long enough to enjoy it.