Author:
Alex McGilvery has been reading since before he can remember, and writing almost that long. He has published 18 books and is author and editor at his imprint Celticfrog Publishing. He lives in Kamloops with his dog and the stories clawing their way out of his head.

Petunia Smith is a senior in High School. The good news is that she only has to survive one more year in the battleground of High School relationships. The bad news is that she is short, shapeless and the preferred target of the cheerleader captain. Petunia knows what she needs to do, but when Marilyn walks into their home room all bets are off. The only thing worse than being Marilyn in Punkie's Hounds High School, may be becoming Marilyn's friend, but Petunia doesn't let that stop her.

Sarcasm is My Superpower

Rickard is a dich was still scratched on the door as I walked into school.  You don't know the half of it. Students were looking at me strangely, but Anita had warned me that I would imagine that others were consumed by what happened. She said that most people didn't have the energy to care that much.


We had talked a few times over the Christmas break. After the thing with the razor blade, I decided that I could use someone to talk to. Anita was amazing. She listened when she needed to listen and zinged me when I needed to be moved out of the pit of self-pity that I kept falling into. I had her on speed dial on the new iPhone that Dad bought me for Christmas. It was so much better than that clunky tablet. All my email was on the phone and then some. 


Chapter 22