The saying, you shouldn't judge a book by it's cover has to be taken into consideration on this one. The cover with a teenager and the title might make people think that this is a story of a teen going through issues with police or his/her family. No, thats not the case here. This is the story of a junior/senior in high school (Max) that who has issues with girls, siblings, friends, family, even school. The book starts him out as a junior, but by the end he is a senior about to graduate. Max is a senior in high school ready to be the star newspaper editor. He later finds that a psycho girl stalks him and gets on the newspaper as the star columnist. That is his biggest issue but he overcomes more and more challenges as the story goes on. I strongly recommend this for a teen who just wants a good laugh or just wants to be full of joy.