After a disastrous first year of high school, Rose Zarelli is determined to become an all-new and improved version of herself. Improved how? Well, Rose is setting some ground rules. This year she absolutely most definitely will : Do things just because other (cooler) people tell her to Randomly shoot her mouth off Worry about whether she's someone's girlfriend – or not Let infuriatingly gorgeous Jamie Forta get to her – even if he might just have broken her heart last year After all, she's older and smarter now. She can totally pull this off. How hard can it be? Right?