With this acclaimed novel by the writer from the award-winning, bestselling FINISHED . About Jellyfish, becoming the new kid at school isn’t easy, especially when you must adhere to in the footsteps of a legendary class room prankster.

When Caitlyn Breen begins her disorienting new life at Mitchell School–where the college students look after true live goats and research long-dead philosophers, and where there are just ten other students in the entire seventh grade–it seems like no one can stop talking about about The Next Great Paulie Fink some kid named Paulie Fink.

Depending on whom you request, Paulie was either a hilarious class clown, a relentless troublemaker, a hapless klutz, or an bad genius. One thing’s for sure, though: A child was totally legendary. Now he’s vanished, and Caitlyn finds herself leading a reality-show-style competition to get the school’s following great Paulie Fink. With each challenge, Caitlyn struggles to understand a person she never met…but it’s what she discovers about herself that most surprises her.

Told in multiple voices, interviews, and files, this funny, thought-provoking novel through the bestselling author of The Thing About Jellyfish is usually a unforgettable exploration of why is a hero–and if anyone, or anything, is actually what it appears.