Doc's ability to capture the real life situations of high school students is amazing.  The ending of the first book makes you want to read the next ten.   Paloma I.       I was reading it in my spare time and in my classes.  I like how the books deal with real-life issues without being boring.   Elise W.

Los Angeles, CA -- Fall 1986: On the first day of school Sydney Masterson woke up with the biggest secret on Wayland High's campus.  She could've avoided the trouble that day brought, but one thing stopped her -- Love. Thermos Whitfield discovered  the downside of fame as one of the best high school quarterbacks in the country. Yesumi Nagawa readied his gang, the Cagers, for war with 28th Street.  The prize was Wayland High. First-year teacher, John Garcia, fought off advances from the beautiful Maria Perez, while also managing the castrophy in his life. Mattie Springfield, assistant principal, demanded respect at Wayland High from students and staff.  At home she lost grip of her marriage.