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The journey toward achieving independence from parents is a difficult one for any teenager. Where the parents divorce first, the journey often begins. When the remaining parent is a stern disciplinarian raised in the mountains of the Indian subcontinent, and now a major in the US Army, the youth�s journey of separation can be vastly more difficult.

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The journey toward achieving independence from parents is a difficult one for any teenager. Where the parents divorce first, the journey often begins. When the remaining parent is a stern disciplinarian raised in the mountains of the Indian subcontinent, and now a major in the US Army, the youth�s journey of separation can be vastly more difficult.

When their single parent mother, Major Tela, is shipped overseas on combat deployment, Caitlin and her siblings are sent to live with their father, and are free to explore more liberating lifestyles. Caitlin joins the high school newspaper where she meets an eclectic girlfriend, Luka, and together they decide to report on student use of soft drugs. The student editor is opposed to their plan but the staff backs it. Caitlin also reports on sports, including karate, in which her mother has trained her and her brother, Kevin. Caitlin becomes attracted to the school sports jock, Cody, a karate champ who is also very libertarian in his attitude toward recreational drugs. He becomes abusive toward her when he learns of her investigative reporting. Her problems mount when Caitlin discovers the editor is involved in the local drug supply chain. Problems escalate when the vengeful editor maneuvers her into a public karate match with Cody, to benefit the local teen center. Win or lose, the match can change everything between Caitlin and Major Tela, as well as Caitlin's life ahead.

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