A sixteen-year-old girl at an exclusive girls' boarding school during the late sixties uses the pages of her journal to try and come to terms with the dark forces that seem to rule her life.

When your parents name you Aldo Valentine Zelnick because you were born on February 14th, you know you've got a boyhood of Valentine's misery ahead. But this year i decided to pretend Valentine's Day didn't exist. I wanted an all boy birthday party but you know how things change and they sure did!