A seemingly perfect suburban family is in for a rude awakening when the eldest daughter becomes a high school senior. Angela Hawthorne has always been the overachieving straight-A student her parents hoped for, but soon she gets distracted by her crush on the cute baseball player in her English class. Angela finds herself on the brink of insanity trying to become class valedictorian when all she can think about is her crush. Meanwhile, her mother, Nora, is also under pressure, juggling motherhood and her career, and as the story unfolds, you discover all the Hawthorne family members have their own issues. This topical book shows that even the most grounded families can unravel at the seams of high achievement.
