Ask Annie 1-3, Chapters 1-3. Summary

In Ask Annie 1, the advice column, Ask Annie, is published in the Clayton High School "Register." The first letter is from a student calling themselves "Going to Hell." The student asks what to do about their step-mother. The step-mother tells them everything they like is evil. Ask Annie tells the writer they are already in hell, and it is called high school.

In Chapter One, Jen is sitting in Mrs. Mulveney's Latin class when she, and about 23 others, witness Kurt Schraeder kidnapping Betty Ann. Betty Ann is Mrs. M's much loved Cabbage Patch Doll whom she dresses in seasonal costumes. Jen can't get the picture of Betty Ann being zipped into Kurt's backpack out of her mind. She is so bothered by it, that she talks about the issue with her best friend, Catrina "Trina...