Mara James has always been a perfectionist with a plan. But despite years of overachieving at her elite school, Mara didn't plan on having a total meltdown during her calculus exam. Like a rip-up-the-test-and-get-escorted-out kind of meltdown. And she definitely didn't plan on never wanting to show her face again.
Mara knows she should go back, but suddenly she doesn't know why she's been overachieving all these years. Impulsively, she tells her mom she wants to go live in Tahoe with her estranged dad, Trick McHale, a ski bum avoiding the real world,. Maybe there Mara can figure things out.
Only Tahoe is nothing like she thought. There's awesome new friends and hot boys and a chance to finally get to know Trick, but there's also still massive amounts of schoolwork.Can Mara find a balance between the future and the now, or will she miss out on both?
