Vada Sultenfuss must go to LA to stay with her Uncle Phil to do some research on her mother's life, but finds much more.

Vada Sultenfuss has a holiday coming up, and an assignment to do an essay on someone she admires and has never met. She decides she wants to do it on her mother, but she quickly realizes that she knows very little about her. She manages to get her father to agree to let her go to Los Angeles to stay with her Uncle Phil and do some research on her mother. Once there, she finds herself under the protection of Uncle Phil's girlfriend's son, Nick, who at first is very annoyed at losing his holidays to escort a hick girl around town. However, he soon becomes more involved in the difficult search.—Liz Jordan <[email protected]>

For a school assignment, a young female travels to learn more about her mother who she never knew. Along the way, she learns so much that is all new to her to her surprise. She discovers multiple things that she did not expect to find. Also, she will get a few new relatives along the way.—RECB3