A.K. Shand

At Phoenix Progressive School, students take notes lying on parlor couches and are encouraged to explore their gifts through electives like break-dancing and graphic-novel writing. In the midst of all this liberal pedagogy and budding talent, Molly Maxwell feels unexceptional, until she falls for her attractive English teacher, Ben.

A surreal love story about a nineteen year old girl with the personality of an abused dog, and her oppressively misguided boyfriend.