Including Alice, fifteen-year-old Alice finds it hard to adjust to the changes in her life when her father gets married and her brother moves to his own apartment.

Alice on her way, Alice is adjusting to her new stepmother, her brother's new apartment, her new boyfriend, and getting a driver's license.

Alice in the know, during the summer before junior year, Alice, while working at the local department store, must deal with a friend being diagnosed with cancer, her brother getting dumped by his girlfriend, and her group of friends who have started taking things to an uncomfortable new level.