Its the moment Alice has been looking forward to for yearsher sixteenth birthday is coming up, and that means getting her drivers license, with the freedom that entails. And before that important milestone, theres another delicious taste of freedom awaiting Alice and her friendsa class trip to New York City, promising some serious partying once chaperones have gone to bed. But sophomore year and driving lessons are a lot harder than Alice thought they would be, and then theres the problem with her new boyfriend, who is sometimes too attached to her. The older Alice gets, the more complicated her life seems to become.