When she determines that he’s too nice for his own good, Nick Bradley’s best friend Molly decides to toughen the gay boy up. Sadly for Nick, Molly’s method is to have Nick piss off Phillip Brooks, the bipolar badass of the school. The only way to keep Phil from beating him up is for Nick to stand up to him, and pretend that he’s tough and unafraid. Phil finds himself becoming interested Nick, a boy he’d never known before. When Nick realizes Phil may be interested in him in more ways than one, he knows he’s in deep trouble. If Phil finds out the truth, Nick is dead. But then Nick realizes things may be even worse when he finds out that he may be too attracted to Phil for his own good.

Marissa Bettgila is tired of being called 'fat girl'. She literary spends her Saturday at home all day, with her only friend and watch's soap operas with an extra-large bag-o-onions on the side. She wants to live her highschool existence to the fullest. The only problem...she has a butt as huge as the empire state building and its not getting any smaller. With these complications Marissa is forced to take a never-ending diet; with the help of her Bipolar best friend and Skater-boy next door. Could things go anymore wrong? Follow Marissa in her daily battles of obesity, stereotypes, crushes and chaotic high school hallways. She'll have to outwit her criminal Mastermind brother, a digit dweeb admirer, an evil gym teacher and a band of vengeful Plastic POP'S. Not to mention guide a rocker-dude to pull her best friends heartstrings. Hey...maybe she'll even learn something along the way.