"When [chronic screw-up] Lucia starts at Whistler High it seems no different from the schools that came before ... But when [she] discovers a secret Arson Club, she will do anything to be a part of it. With a biting wit and striking intelligence that she can't fully hide, Lucia animates her small-town life: the parties at an abandoned water park, visits to the 24-hour donut shop where her friend Lana's cousin works, the little island in the middle of a medical park where kids go to drink. As Lucia's fascination with the Arson Club grows, her chronicle becomes a ... story of family, loss, misguided friendship, and destruction"--