high school students

The definitive guide to being a teen in the modern age, with sage advice from a modern-day teenager and appealing to fans of Rookie.Earth Hates Me presents a look inside the mind of the modern teenager--from a modern teenager's perspective. Sixteen-year-old Ruby Karp addresses the issues facing every highschooler, from grades to peer pressure to Snapchat stories, and unpacks their complicated effects on the teen psyche. With dashes of humor throughout, Ruby advises her peers on the importance of feminism ("not just the Spice Girls version"), how to deal with jealousy and friend break-ups, family life, and much more. The book takes an in-depth look at the effect of social media on modern teens and the growing pressures of choosing the right college and career. With Ruby's powerful underlying message "we are more than just a bunch of dumb teenagers obsessed with our phones," Earth Hates Me is the definitive guide to being a teen in the modern age.

At the beginning of her senior year of high school, Komi realizes she's still short of reaching her 100-friend goal. Her efforts start off poorly when she meets a homeroom peer who doesn't want anything to do with her and she takes part in a battle royale dart gun competition that won't win her new companions.

After Komi drops her cell phone in the bathtub, she gets a fancy new smartphone, complete with all sorts of apps that allow her to connect with old and new friends, but she soon finds herself slightly overwhelmed. Najimi convinces Komi to get an app for the space survival game "Amanjite Asu," and Komi and her friends must figure out who is the imposter in the game. Later, Ribon Imoto wants to become Komi's one hundredth friend, and she wants to drive Komi and Tadano apart, but she can't find anything incriminating about Tadano. Then, Tadano invites his friends to come watch his soccer match, and Ase reveals that she and Naruse are dating. Komi tells her friends that she's nervous about kissing Tadano, so she talks to Tadano about it, and he kisses her hand.

During the Itan High sports festival, Komi and Manbagi learn that Tadano has forgotten his lunch and rush to make sure he's fed, hoping to use the opportunity to show him how they feel about him.

Tadano and Komi walk home together after school, and then, it's graduation day for Shiki Sotsugo. Later, Tadano goes to an amusement park and the marine museum with Komi's dad to impress him, and Rumiko takes Komi shopping for her date. Komi and Tadano go on their first date and ride a Ferris wheel.

At the Itan High culture festival, Rumiko Manbagi realizes that Komi and her both like Tadano and ponders the best way to move forward while keeping her friendships intact.

Now that Komi and Tadano are officially dating, Komi's dad invites Tadano to join him at the saunas in order to bond with him, and Tadano asks him how to kiss a girl. Then, the school has a summer uniform competition, and Komi wins for the third year in a row. Later, Komi makes pot stickers, and the kids all prepare for their midterm exams. Finally, Komi and Tadano have a study date, and they hug for the first time.

When schools reopen and clubs reconvene after COVID-19 closures, Kikuzato can't wait to try out his new leg, but he is still plagued by memories of falling like he did in his first public race. He tries to make up with his friend Take after their fight, and Kikuzato competes in his first race with his new leg. The race makes him asks himself why he's running in the first place.

When the Proxy Chair Icho accidentally makes it so Itan High is on the list of schools that could lose their funding and be dismantled, the students have just one option to save their institution--study camp. However, when they arrive, they find another school at the camp, and one of the students just happens to be an old flame from Tadano's past. Komi is jealous, and finds herself in a scholastic and romantic competition all in one.

Komi has beaten Kawai in the battle for Tadano's heart at study camp. But Komi feels bad for Kawai when she sees how lost she is now. Komi wonders if Kawai could be a new friend instead of a rival.