Fifteen-year-old Henriette Swanson plans to quit school as soon as she turns sixteen. A clever teenager who lives with autism, she can read well, but she suffers from short-term memory problems coupled with high anxiety with anything numeric. It?s not easy being in school. It?s her problems with math that are prompting her to drop out of school completely. Henriette?s repeated disruptions in math class, along with the reading of an inappropriate book, result in suspension. She agrees to serve the suspension in conjunction with her two-week spring break at her aunt and uncle?s farm. Henriette?s problems seem unsolvable, until she gets help from an unexpected source. Through the life of Henriette Swanson, this fiction book for teens addresses a host of relevant topics including school, sex, autism, and parents.