In her first monograph, Levitt presents her passion for documenting American youth; anorexics, wiccans, punks and prom dates in a variety of urban, suburban and rural settings, loaded with both mainstream and marginal signifiers. She reveals the beauty of adolescents and its incomparable potential. The notion of strident youthfulness is today understood as a streamlined experience - Levitt’s subjects are schooled in the expectations, limitations and strategies of growing up American. This is a lushly stylised archive of the choices they make.