Charlie is handed a crappy senior year. Despite losing thirty pounds over the summer, he still gets called ΓÇ£ChunksΓÇ¥ Grisner. WhatΓÇÖs worse, he has to share a locker with the biggest Lord of the Rings freak his school has ever seen. He also canΓÇÖt figure out whether Charlotte VanderKleaton, the beautiful strawberry lip-glossed new girl, likes him the way he likes her. Oh, and then thereΓÇÖs his mom. SheΓÇÖs disappearedΓÇöagainΓÇöand his dad wonΓÇÖt talk about it.

Somewhere between the madness, Charlie can at least find comfort in his one and only talent that just might get him out of this life-sucking place. But will he be able to hold his head above water in the meantime?