Senior year of high school has hardly begun, and already Kathy is bored. None of her classes is challenging, and a two-year relationship with Eddie is growing stale. On a whim, she enrolls in a physics course and becomes entranced by the subject, partly because of her infatuation with her handsome teacher. Kathy ultimately sees the world, her future career as a physicist (much to her parents' chagrin) and kind, adoring Eddie in a completely different light. Set in Southern California, this first-person narrative deals with adolescent sexuality, peer pressure and how important it is for young men and women to choose their own career goals.
