After an unfortunate incident at the hair salon Bessica is not allowed to see her best friend Sylvie That means shes going to start middle school a-l-o-n-e Bessica feels like such a loser She wants friends Shes just not sure how to make themIt doesnt help that her beloved grandma is off on some crazy road trip and has zero time to listen to Bessica Or that Bessica has a ton of homework Or that gorgeous Noll Beck thinks shes just a kid Or that there are some serious psycho-bullies in her classes Bessica doesnt care about being popular She just wants to survivemdashand look cute Is that too much to ask when youre eleven