"Enter here to be and find a friend" is the motto of Tim's new boarding school, Irving. Tim is an albino who knows finding a friend is not likely. He just wants to finish his senior year with as little attention as possible. Vanessa is the girl every boy wants and she is going with the most popular boy at Irving. A chance meeting between Vanessa and Tim causes a lot of complications. They fall in love but if they tell anyone Vanessa will lose all her social status and friends. In addition, as seniors they are required to write their senior year thesis dubbed The Tragedy Paper and there are no exceptions even as the Tim and Vanessa face a true tragedy. Elizabeth Laban has written a beautiful story about the first time you fall in love and the first time your heart gets broken. Read "The Tragedy Paper" today.