Lisa spends her schooldays dodging creepy boys and waiting to graduate. Then she finds herself in charge of her high school newspaper, which is the last thing she wanted - school newspapers are for popular kids and club-joiners, not outcasts like her, and besides, the stories are never about anything you actually want to know. But after accidentally tipping the scales in the school election, then deciding to cover a ''real'' story - the upcoming execution of a local man charged with murder - and becoming a surprise news story herself, Lisa learns some hard lessons about friendship and truth-telling.