After receiving a full-ride scholarship to Mills College for Girls, it
appears Sarah's future is clear ... until she walks into a poetry class
led by Mr. Haddings, a student teacher from the
nearby University of Washington. Suddenly, life on the UW campus seems
very appealing, and Sarah finds herself using her poetry journal to
subtly declare her feelings for Mr. Haddings. Convinced he is flirting
back, she sets off for school in the rain with a poem in her back
pocket--one that says how she really feels.
But everything changes when Mr. Haddings feels a thud on his front
bumper and finds Sarah in the street with blood pooling beneath her.