Meet Alice. She's finding life way too complicated. When you don't have a mum and you've got to rely on your dad and hopeless brother for advice, it's not surprising . . . After all, what do they know about being a teenage girl?
It's summertime, and all Alice's friends are having a fantastic time hanging out at Mark Stedmeister's swimming pool. But Alice is living in dread of having her darkest secret exposed, something even her best friends Pamela and Elizabeth don't know about. Alice is terrified of deep water - and just as terrified of what will happen if her secret gets out.
When disaster strikes, it's even worse than Alice imagined. How can she face her friends? And worse, how can she face her boyfriend, Patrick? He's desperate to join the swimming team - and wants Alice to join up with him . . .
