Enter George, Sage's kindhearted would-be boyfriend and long-suffering reader of Angelica stories. He tries to convince Sage to take a writing class or work on the school paper to hone her skills, but that's all beneath Sage's lofty ambition of being a novelist. When she decides to enter her masterpiece in the school writing contest, George is frantic. How can he save his beloved Sage from a very public humiliation?

Told in chapters alternating Sage's and George's point of view, this hilarious story is also a nuanced portrait of teenagers trying to make sense of their feelings and relationships, as well as explore their possible futures.