Overview

Donnie Hoofle, high school junior, is going to have his first big date for the college Freshman Hop. He's invited Bertitia Butt who he says has a beauty of spirit though not of face. Joo Joo Miller, fifteen, has a crush on him, but he tells her he can't take a mere child to such an event. But Donnie discovers Bertitia is the college's perennial wallflower and agreed to go with him as a last resort. But tragedy for a sixteen year old like Donnie can't last and a natural way out is suggested to him.