Laila Russell is an ordinary 15-year-old schoolgirl living in East Acton, London with her father, who is morose over his wife’s accidental death. It’s the spring of 1972. As the story begins, Laila spots a lost pocketbook on the London Underground and returns it to Amanda Charles, a stylish young woman who works for a rock star. With glam becoming big in the UK, Chaz Bonapart -- more of a ‘60s bluesy strutter – is going out of style. His manager, Frank Guy, comes up with a plan to get him back in the game by feeding him song ideas that teens would respond to, and he enlists Laila to be his secret weapon.