num_pages: 384
description: Norris Kaplan is clever cynical and quite possibly too smart for his own good. A black French Canadian he knows from watching American sitcoms that those three things dont bode well when you are moving to Austin Texas. Plunked into a new high school and sweating a ridiculous amount from the oppressive Texas heat Norris finds himself cataloging everyone he meets: the Cheerleaders the Jocks the Loners and even the Manic Pixie Dream Girl. Making a ton of friends has never been a priority for him and this way he can at least amuse himself until its time to go back to Canada where he belongs.Yet against all odds those labels soon become actual people to Norris. Be it loner Liam who makes it his mission to befriend Norris or Madison the beta cheerleader who is so nice that it has to be a trap. Not to mention Aarti the Manic Pixie Dream Girl who might in fact be a real love interest in the making. He even starts playing actual hockey with these Texans.But the night of the prom Norris screws everything up royally. As he tries to pick up the pieces he realizes it might be time to stop hiding behind his snarky opinions and start living his lifealong with the people who have found their way into his heart.
language: English
title: The Field Guide to the North American Teenager
publisher: Balzer + Bray