New school, new town, new state, new life. Riann Dior has never felt so lonely in this foreign place, and never so heavy. He has to balance his complex lifestyle and not let his bucketful of issues tip over, including: maintaining a boy that wants to be his friend (along with a Glossy-Girl he doesn't even want to be friends with), get a beautiful eighth-grader to notice him, try not to embarrass himself in gym class, be sensitive of his traumatized, incredibly bitter little sister, and come to terms with the fact that his father is not coming home.