Meet Alice. She's finding life way too complicated. When you don't have a mum and you've got to rely on your dad and hopeless brother for advice, it's not surprising . . . After all, what do they know about being a teenage girl?
Alice likes her life, but she senses things are changing. She is getting bored by her best friends Elizabeth and Pamela's constant chatter about clothes and make-up, and sometimes she feels excluded from their conversations. Her relationship with Patrick is becoming more complicated, too.
Then a school experiment and new friend with a painful secret reveal some unsettling truths about the world Alice lives in. Growing up is even trickier than Alice thought - is she ready for the challenge?