After Paulie confesses to his girlfriend that he cheated, things in his life get really weird. He confides in his Period 8 teacher Mr. Logs about what's going on and together they put together pieces of the puzzle to try and work through it. It turns out, Paulie was just a pawn in someone else's sick plan, and a few people get hurt before this other person is caught.
Both male and female high school aged students would be best suited to read this book due to the use of profanity and references to sexual situations. The plot of the book is hokey in my opinion (it has a low budget movie feel to it), but teenagers will eat it up because of the drama. For this reason, I think it would be a great book to include in a high interest-low level collection because the book is an easy read and will keep teens' attention, especially those reluctant readers. The profanity used in this book certainly matches the way teens use it in real life. Likewise, most of the problems the characters face in the book are similar to the drama teens frequently encounter in high school: break ups, disloyal friends, senior year pressure, bad things happening to good people, etc. These factors coupled with the fact that readers are kept in suspense of who is responsible for what is happening in the characters that they can relate to make it a great pick for high schoolers.
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