Overview

Joanna March, a high school sophomore, is facing her first formal date in a state bordering on hysteria. However, she learns boys are just as nervous and her friend, Brandon, gives her some advice about what parents expect from their offspring regarding behavior. Joanna's date with Jack Bayfield, a senior, precipitates a crisis in her life and Brandon's. But instinct takes care of everything as her mother had assured Joanna it would-- but in a surprising way.