Full disclosure, my review for this book is 100% biased. Like the author, I grew up in The Valley, went to Catholic school, and even to UCSB for college. And while I‘m sure there are moments of exaggeration, Bleidner‘s voice transported me back to my own high school days, proving that even in Calabasas, a.k.a Suburban La La Land, all the money and celebrity in the world can‘t save you from the lonely and earnest passage of teenage angst.