Kissing Drew
Inside a drab middle school in 1992, a sexually-confused eighth-grader attempts to regain his dignity after being bullied by a sex-obsessed 'cool kid' whom he privately fantasizes about.
Inside a drab middle school in 1992, a sexually-confused eighth-grader attempts to regain his dignity after being bullied by a sex-obsessed 'cool kid' whom he privately fantasizes about.
Eden Ocean Sanders
James
Ben Hargreaves
Drew
Chris Handfield
Mr. Jackson
Jessica Ryan
Amy
Simon Griffith
School Custodian
Scott Clark
James's Friend
Inside a drab middle school in 1992, a sexually-confused eighth-grader attempts to regain his dignity after being bullied by a sex-obsessed 'cool kid' whom he privately fantasizes about.
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A precocious and obsessive teenager develops a crush on a naive writer with harrowing consequences.
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