The main character tells their experience of high school, draws out the time they first fell into deep feelings with someone who they know they'll never have, and how everything in their life fell into a million pieces. Join the main character on a romantic, messy adventure through what we call "the best and care-free years of our lives", aka school, and see the point of view they experience through each passing day.

In the previous book "Life is a Killer Grade", Crystal MacKena encounters with a mysterious writing on a bathroom mirror. She hesitates, but does as commanded to do. Crystal then falls into an deep, terrible slumber that magically teleports her. She then, wakes up somewhere she's not familiar with. She goes around asking where she is and ends up meeting her new crush, Sodapop Curtis. Soda introduces her to the gang and they keep her as their own member. Will Crystal ever go back home, or will she stay in the time period of 1965, forever?

A young, teenager named Crystal MacKena, has complications in her school. Her grades keep her from being happy and having freedom. Unusual, doesn't-happen-every-day events occur as she trudges her way through the year. These days aren't anything like her others. There are mysteries throughout the book about people and events that may or may not be surprising. How will Crystal's school year end? And what happens to each of her friends throughout the entire thing?