Jane Young is a 16 year old track and cross country star. Not that anyone notices.. She has a big circle a friend's she talks to but avoids most people. False rumors about her fly around all the time. She never did anything to anybody, so why does everyone hate her? Kyle Lorde is a typical white boy. Popular, football and basketball MVP, funny, well liked. He has it all. But when he moves in next door to Jane, he starts to think differently. Eventually, Kyle's mom hires Jane to babysit Kyle's younger siblings... with Kyle. Jane finds Kyle's "Man Journal" and gets a look on the inside of Kyle's head.