Prologue

Alabaster Márquez is a girl without a passport, and a gap year between high school and her first year at a community college. After graduating from her preppy high school, which she attended on a scholarship, she's determined to see as much of America as she can before she's confined to one place for at least two more years of her life.

Who is the Flytrap?

Waverly Evans, a junior who tells her parents she's going to Israel, only to stowaway in the trunk of Al's car before eventually being found out. Somehow, with her charm and short platinum locks, she persuades Al into letting her go on the trip with her, and much more.