Plot summary

Tucson, Arizona, 1987. Wondering what it would be like to hang out with the cool kids, nerdy high school senior Ronald Miller can't stop thinking about Cindy, the most beautiful girl in school and captain of the cheerleaders. And pining for popularity, Ronald has a wild idea: after spending all summer mowing lawns to save up for a telescope, he offers Cindy $1,000 to pose as his girlfriend for a month and prove his theory. However, fame and love don't work that way. Is Ronald prepared to get what he wished for?—Nick Riganas