Mourning the passing of her mother a couple of decades back, ALICE McKINLEY finds her life disrupted when her dad BEN buys a shop and moves her along with her older brother LESTER into a town. From the painful throes of adolescence, Alice includes difficulty adjusting to her new faculty, especially if she gets the stern MRS. PLOTKIN because her heart teacher. Feeling isolated and shy, Alice frequently escapes. But with a bit unexpected help from Mrs. Plotkin, Alice learns not to judge by appearances or jump into conclusions. More importantly, she confronts her father along with his inability to accept their loss and proceed in to the future...