With her martyr-doctor mother gone to save lives in South America, 16-year-old Mohawk-haired Poe Holly finds herself on the suburban doorstep of an infuriatingly calm school counselor--the father who faded out of her life when she was a toddler. She misses Los Angeles. She misses her punk band. Weirdly, she even misses the shouting matches she had with her mom. Poe does manage to find a few friends- Theo, the sort-of cute guy in the anarchy T-shirt, and Velveeta, her oddly likeable new neighbor who is the butt of every prank at Benders High. But when the pranks turn deadly at the hands of football star Colby Morris, Poe knows she's got to fix the system and take down the hero. With his signature insightfulness, spot-on dialogue, and swiftly paced plot, Michael Harmon tells the story of a displaced girl grappling with a truly dangerous bully--and the bully in herself. With her martyr-doctor mother gone to save lives in some South American country, Poe Holly suddenly finds herself on the suburban doorstep of the father she never knew, who also happens to be a counselor at her new high school. She misses Los Angeles. She misses the guys in her punk band. Weirdly, she even misses the shouting matches she used to have with her mom. But Poe manages to find a few friends- Theo, the cute guy in the anarchy Tshirt, and Velveeta, her oddly likeable neighbor-and a born victim who's the butt of every prank at Benders High. But when the pranks turn deadly at the hands of invincible football star Colby Morris, Poe knows she's got to fix the system and take down the hero. With insightfulness, spot-on dialogue, and a swiftly paced plot, Michael Harmon tells the story of a displaced girl grappling with a truly dangerous bully.