Seventeen-year-old Linville Scully is having a bad day in math - no - a bad year. The solution seems to be the test that 'labels' him Learning Disabled (LD) in math so that he can receive the help he needs to graduate. However, that label is the beginning of a catch-22 that pushes him away from the mainstream Terus High and sends him up the hill to the alternative Angel High. The rest of the year is simply the most unbelievable roller coaster any seventeen year old could imagine.Linville - he prefers Lin - tells his own story and pulls no punches. He's a bright, articulate, honest kid living in a single-parent home and wanting to succeed in a world that seems stacked against him. How he strives to reach his goals is the meat and potatoes of this novel. Ripped off the front page of today, Lin's insights into the life of a high school junior are as real and as relevant as any front-page news. Lin's not afraid to tell the truth about would-be friends, bad teachers, ineffective police, and teenage sex and drug use as well as true friends, good teachers, and how a confused teenager goes about trying to find love.