This book was required reading for an education course at UVic, to my subsequent delight. The lead character Ditto uses multiple writing styles, combined with matter-of-fact self-examination and humor, to lay to rest his adolescence (and his virginity!), while dealing with a number of painful and perplexing issues. All this is couched within the guise of a contest with his best friend, who questions the value of literature in this increasingly electronic world. An excellent book for male or female readers 13 to 17 (and the young in spirit like myself!)