Bleed The Dream

Bandit King is tired of people asking her what she plans to do with her life.

Because at eighteen, the only thing she really wants to do is write her book Spellbound- the novel she's been working on for three years. But as the summer drags on, she starts to think more and more about her plan- or lack thereof.

As her parents start pushing her to start college, Bandit clings to Spellbound more than ever. Bandit hated high school and doesn't think a university will be any different. Her friends aren't much help; none of them have bothered to make plans either. Todd is a drunk. Eli is a chain smoking hippie. Bodie is indecisive. May is a moron. And Sandwich is....complicated.

As the pressure builds, Bandit starts to make reckless decisions- like getting drunk at concerts and bridge jumping in the middle of the night. Fed up, her parents give her an ultimatum; get published by then end of the summer, or grow up and let go of Spellbound for good.