One year. Five rules. One aunt who will do anything and everything in her power to make her nieces life a living hell for absolutely no reason. Lela Mathers has always looked forward to her 17th birthday the day the "magic" happens, but when she finds out what this "magic" is, will she want to turn back the clock. She has a good life, a marvelous boyfriend, great parties and friends she would do anything for. But when the bombshell drops and she has to leave all that behind to go live with her aunt in New Zealand which just so happens to be on the other side of the world she's left in a spin, will she cope? Her entire future now rests on her aunts' shoulders. Choices must be made. What will she think of this tradition that truly sucks big time? Are some traditions made to be broken?