Craig Sizemore is a troubled, frustrated seventeen year old beginning his senior year of high school. In his first period English Lit class he meets the school's new teacher, Ellen Wisely. Both are immediately drawn to each other. At first, they try to fight their magnetic attractaion. Craig begins to date Karen, who always feels that there is something between her boyfriend and their English teacher. As for Craig, he really cares about Karen and thinks of Miss Wisely as a woman he'll always love, but can never have. Then one night, Karen's old boyfriend returns to town and when Craig finds them together he turns to Miss Wisely for advice and help. In a few days, their love affair begins. What is right, and what is wrong? Evergreen considers these questions as it draws the reader into a beautiful romance which most people might consider wrong, but which was too right for either Ellen or Craig to deny.