Ryan Dean West is a fourteen-year-old junior at a boarding school for rich kids. Hes living in Opportunity Hall, the dorm for troublemakers, and rooming with the biggest bully on the rugby team. And hes madly in love with his best friend Annie, who thinks of him as a little boy.With the help of his sense of humor, rugby buddies, and his penchant for doodling comics, Ryan Dean manages to survive lifes complications and even find some happiness along the way. But when the unthinkable happens, he has to figure out how to hold on to whats important, even when it feels like everything has fallen apart.Told in a pitch-perfect voice, this realistic depiction of a teens experience strikes an exceptional balance of hilarious and heartbreaking.,
