MISDIRECTED

A hilarious and heartwarming story of confronting bullying and prejudices of all kinds, told by fifteen year-old Ben, the new kid in a town set against accepting him. Ben just had his life turned upside down. His parents move him from Boston to a small town in Colorado where everyone is a strict Baptist, and the new rules and beliefs confound him. The kids at his high school talk about being “saved” and try to convert him, then bully him for his atheist beliefs. His crush Tess is the only one who treats him kindly, but soon her parents forbid them from seeing each other, and his only friend at school, James, is struggling with his own problems trying to take care of his alcoholic mother. It's a lot to handle, but Ben's upbeat attitude and goofy sense of humor help him confront his close-minded classmates and overcome his own prejudices.