LaVaughn has made it through the projects, shes gotten over heartbreak, shes grown up, and now she might finally have her ticket to college. She believes that shes keeping alert to all possibilities. But discoveries she makes during her senior year in high school disturb everything in her small universe. And in an effort to bring together people who should love each other, she jeopardizes the one prize she has sought her whole life long.
When do you know whether youre doing the right thing? What happens when you cant find a way to make lemonade out of lemons?