Iām the new kid. I am tuf. This morning I beat up a kid.
Itās only the first day of school for Dexter, but heās already mad at the principal, and the secretary, and the janitor, and the kids who laugh at him. When his teacher tells the class to write a story, Dexter writes about how tough he isāand how heās already gotten into a fight. Is any of Dexterās story true? Why was the other boy crying before Dexter hit him? And why would the other boy still want to be Dexterās friend?
Even Dexter doesnāt know the answers to some of those questions. But as he deals with family problems, a persistent teacher, and a boy whoās strangely interested in floor wax, he discovers many surprises hidden in his own tale.