This book follows the angst-filled teenager, Holden Caulfield after he is kicked out of school for failing most of his classes. Following his expulsion, he plans to come home when his school's Christmas break starts so that he won't be present when his parents notice his displacement. So, he spends his time in hotels, clubs and in the companies of people he hasn't seen in a while. He goes through the journey disgusted with other people's phoniness, lonely and bitter. This book has themes of innocence, alienation as a means of self-preservation, as well as the trouble of leaving childhood and becoming an adult. A classic coming-of-age novel.