Jesse Haines is a lying liar who lies. He can tell you many things. He can tell you about his tenth birthday party, he can tell you anything you want to hear about Scotland and many things you definitely do not, and that's not to mention the guy's obsession with hiking. There are a few things he knows nothing about: what it's like to be gay in 1986, what it's like to be gay in Wenatchee, Washington, or in fact what it's like to be gay at all. Because Jesse is not gay and he has never wanted to kiss boys and he has never wished he lived in a different world. But then along comes Biff Dennis--the new kid, who threatens to force Jesse to confront everything he pretends isn't there. The truth looks him in the eyes in the form of Biff Dennis, and the truth just so happens to be very, very dangerous.