Surviving J. B. Hickok Junior High

Middle school doesn’t come with a how-to-survive rulebook.
It comes with rumors.

When Eli Crunchberry starts seventh grade at J. B. Hickok Junior High, he plans to stay invisible. No drama. No attention. No trouble.

That plan ends the moment he enters the school and makes a scene-literally-which quickly earns him the nickname Trip.

Suddenly, Eli is navigating a school that runs on unspoken rules, shifting alliances, and reputations that grow faster than the truth. Every hallway feels like a showdown. Every silence feels like a test.

And everyone is watching.