Issy Burgess is in Year Nine at Pinnaroo High. She hoped this year would be different, but it's turning out to be just as bad as Year Eight was. Follow Issy through her journal as she tries to deal with The Beast who calls her 'Froggy Eyes', 'Fish Face' and other cruel names, bouts of paralysing anxiety, feeling ugly, friendship ups and downs, and a crush on Tim - the cutest boy in her class. Can Issy's passion for skateboarding help her?