I have this pathetic disease. Never mind what itâs called.
Life doesnât play by the rules, so fourteen-year-old Ricky decides she wonât either. Rickyâs rules
allow for cursing, cutting school, and lying to the Disaster-Formerly-Known-As-Her-Parents. That is,
until her truancy is discovered and sheâs facing the threat of having to repeat ninth grade.
It all makes her feel so angry ⊠so cursed.
Going back to school would be ten times worse if it werenât for a new friendâquirky/cute
classmate Oliver, a childhood cancer survivor who understands what itâs like to be sick. Ricky
also discovers that her strict public speaking teacher, who has zero expectations of her, is a supermotivating force. Thereâs nothing like proving someone wrong.
The harder Ricky works, the more she wonders if school has something to teach her after all. âŠ
What if she isnât cursed? What if going it alone isnât her only option?