Carlo never wanted to take over the family ice cream business, at fourteen he already had school and the terror of talking to girls to occupy his ever anxious mind, but when the odious Haverton Hill tried to buy the factory from him after his father's death, an unexpected sense of defiance arose. With the "help" of his friends, Carlo sets out to cope with incompetent staff, sabotage, strange goings on in the basement, a book with a mind of its own and the knowledge that those little specks in the vanilla ice cream may not be as innocent as they seem... Oh, and he's just been asked to a party by a girl Summer holidays were not supposed to be this interesting. Will the secrets Carlo uncovers within the factory lead to success or failure?