WTF . By, Peter Lerangis , Simon Pulse 2009 Genre : Fiction .

-Lerangis tells a story of 6 kids looking for a way out on one Friday night.

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In this realistic fiction book, WTF, everyone is sort of connected to each other. So, I’ll break it down person by person, Jimmy. Jimmy is, basically the 17 year old virgin that know one wants to talk to. He gets picked on, and is most of the time avoided and ignored. Ge gets good grades and is basically the goody two shoes. His best friend, Byron, is the boy who is so “perfect” he doesn’t really get in trouble. But lately, Byron has been getting close to Cam, the guy Jimmy can’t stand. Cam, is the popular athlete of the school and he captures everyone’s eyes with his good looks and good grades. He’d also the one known to barrow drugs and ‘nd sell them to others to pay back his dealer which, he never does. Cam, has Reina’s heart. Reina is a smart, pretty girl who everyone knows about. She’s naturally sweet and kind, and sort of shy, but she knows how to stand her grounds and isn’t exactly easy to take advantage of. Waits, has this dream of being with Reina. He’s sort of the Mystery guy, who has all the girls lined up to hook up with next. If one girl doesn’t work out, well he’s on to the next. But, he’ll never have a chance with Reina being he’s a drug dealer who graduated from high school a year ago and did nothing with his life besides work for the mafia. Oh, don’t forget his life is in danger if he doesn't pay his boss back before 12 am. Mc, who comes along at the end of the book is a hyper active, annoying little teenage girl who if isn’t careful can ruin everything. She’s a country, North Dakota child on the inside and gets involved in a big drug deal and basically holds Byron’s life in her hands with the pills she stole from him. She’s just an idiot minor character in the story and annoys me to no ending and I don’t understand her point in being in the book. BY now, you should know this book is about a major drug deal, that goes very wrong very fast. Don’t they all?

The setting is in NYC, present day. I’ll tell you the short story that doesn’t give the ending away. Cam barrows drugs from Waits who got the drugs from the Mafia for half price and if he doesn’t get the money back to them before midnight, well he’s dead. Waits tells Cam and Byron about the party about an hour away from them and tells them to go buy drugs to sell at the party for a bigger price. Byron and Cam agree and when Byron leaves, Waits tells Cam a few secrets. The only problem with getting to the party is Cam and Byron don’t have licenses, but Jimmy “does” .. So they tell Jimmy that the party will have mad girls there and it’s the perfect way to get screwed up and laid. So, he agrees, of course. What the boys don’t know is that Jimmy doesn’t have his license, he just knows how to drive. So they’re on their way to the party, Jimmy hits a deer, kills Cam, moves Cam to the drivers side making him look like he was driving and then they flee the scene. They drop their phone, arrive at the party, and Jimmy is arrested by the police. Jimmy tells them Cam was driving and they were heading to the party, got scared and continued on,a dn the police brought him to Cam showing him he was alive. Cam and Jimmy talk, bada boom, bada bing, and Jimmy knows about the drugs. On the other hand, Byron meets MC, and they go to a club to start selling drugs, Byron chickens out and leaves and becomes an Illegal taxi service. Wtf? Byron wrecks the car, and flees the scene again heading back to the club to MC. Byron tells Reina the whole story, and her and MC cry in the bathroom of Gino’s club. Reina goes out, throws everyone Waits money and tells him off, Cam walks in the club with Jimmy and tells everyone he’s okay. Everyone hugs, kisses, and makes up and no one gets arrested for their actions. Cam’s family pays for the car, and the drugs. Waits gets out of the game and becomes a good guy and everyone lives happily ever after. Literally.

“This book is the best thing ever” says an anonymous character. I can agree with this book, I really like it and how it relates to teenagers common day problems in a way. The only thing I disagree with is it wasn’t realistic with the consequences of their actions.

I’ve never read a book like this before. I’ve seen shows like skins but never read books like it. Wtf makes me want to read more about the subject and more books from the author. He’s probably an adult but knows exactly how teenagers who grew up too fast are like and that’s why I have a connection with his writing.

My favorite quote from the book was, “ ‘If I close my eyes....’ It felt good to hear music. It felt good to be indoors. It felt good to have found a bottle of single-malt scotch hidden away in the kitchen cupboard, let’s not forget the mary being passed around with x-tasy.”

I can relate to this story because I’m young and looking to love in any possible way and just have fun, but every time everything begins to get really good, something bad happens and ruins it. But just like the teens in thi s book, I’ve learned from my mistakes and am moving forward trying to do the best I can to succeed, sometimes I just need an extra boost to get me back on track. My mistakes though, don’t stop me from doing what I do, and neither do people. Just like the kids here. I really do love this book, and I give it a “4- pounce on it” , only because the ending was so simple with no consequences to their actions even though they all broke laws. It’s almost like the author got sick and tired of writing the book and had to think of a quick conclusion to get it done and over with.