**Soon to be a major motion picture** n It is a universally acknowledged truth that high school sucks. But on the first day of his senior year, Greg Gaines thinks hes figured it out. The answer to the basic existential question: How is it possible to exist in a place that sucks so bad? His strategy: remain at the periphery at all times. Keep an insanely low profile. Make mediocre films with the one person who is even sort of his friend, Earl. n This plan works for exactly eight hours. Then Gregs mother forces him to become friends with a girl who has cancer. This brings about the destruction of Gregs entire life. n