"ꜰɪᴍᴅɪɴɢ ᴍʏꜱᴇʟꜰ. ɪ'ʟʟ ʙᴇ ʙᴀᴄᴋ ꜱᴏᴏɴ." These are the words Essie Montgomery writes on the goodbye note to her family, before she hops into the back of a hippy van and drives off for an epic road-trip with three of the hottest boys in her class. The only problem? Her parents aren't too thrilled about it and soon, what starts off as an innocent joyride across the country becomes an extraordinary teenage odyssey, with more raves and less monster slaying...of course.