CONTENTS

Cover

Other Books by This Author

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Acknowledgements

INTRODUCTION

JUNIOR HIGH

Nintendo Saved Me

The Test

Highway to Hell

Are We Alternative Now?

FRESHMAN YEAR

Stuy High

Fifteen Minutes

Parental Approval

Horrible Mention

Moxy Music

Postmark: Blancheville

SOPHOMORE YEAR

Cable Access Says No

Roll With It

Here Comes Trouble

No Big Deal

Back Car

Let’s Buy Beer

Marathon Macho

JUNIOR YEAR

Magic Moments

Goofy Foot Forward

Everybody Loves a Wheelchair

The View

Good-bye, Old Painter

Getting Sloppy with Poppy

MetroCarded

SENIOR YEAR

Forced March

Fun in the Sun

Interlude

Prom, Prom, Promises

Hooters

POST-HIGH SCHOOL