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Adele Becker thought that her life was fine. Until her parents decided to send her to boarding school. At Phoenix Boarding School for the Arts, the crazy, unusual, and just plain strange becomes the every day. To describe the funny little contradictions of life, she begins every chapter with something like this:

Unfortunately, oh wait. She did. }}

 

* [[Academy of Adventure]]: Well, if you consider [[Closet Shuffle|Closet Shuffles]], big, epic musicals, and regular face-offs with [[The Rival|Sophia]], [[Girl Posse|Lyn, and Hannah]] to be adventure.

* [[Alpha Bitch]]: Sophia.

** Milo, Adele's actual brother, has been hinted to have this, we just don't see him enough to know for sure.

* [[Big Brother Mentor]]: Alec is Adele's main source of help for getting through her first year of middle school.

'''Delilah:''' ''(climbs onto table)'' HEY! PEOPLE! ADELE HAS SOMETHING SHE WANTS TO SAY! SO SHUT UP AND LISTEN! }}

* [[Blondes Are Evil]]: Lyn. Luckily, she's... less than intelligent. Inverted with Brooke, who's probably the nicest character in the book. Subverted with Fala, who, despite being Delilah's rival for Alec, is very kind, even to younger students, while most girls as popular as her would consider kids in lower grades beneath her. Delilah briefly sees her as this, though {{spoiler|when she and Alec begin to date}}.

* [[Everybody Hates Mathematics]]

* [[Fate Worse Than Death]]: Adele considers [[Eating Lunch Alone]] to be this.

** Hell, even the "Fortunately, Unfortunately"s are snarked half the time.

** [[The Big Bad]] / [[The Dark Chick]]: Sophia manages to be both tropes at the same time.

** [[The Dragon]]: Lyn, Sophia's best friend

** [[The Evil Genius]]: Hannah, who [[Lovable Alpha Bitch|isn't really evil]], she just hangs out with nasty people. Either way, she's certainly the smartest out of them.

** [[The Brute]]: Ashton. He's not part of Sophia's clique (or even her grade, he's in Alec's grade), but he fits.

** [[The Hero]]: Adele

** [[The Lancer]]: Delilah

** [[The Chick]]: Aurora

** [[The Sixth Ranger]]: Alec, and to a lesser extent, Fala.

* [[Gamer Chick]]: Delilah, who regularly beats Adele's ass at video games and plays against Alec.

* [[Genius Bruiser]]: Alec, who's been at least one fistfight, but is also a [[Big Brother Mentor]].

* [[Genre Savvy]]: (Almost) Everyone at some point.

** Also, the ''author herself'', as she appears to know that if she says something, it's canon.

* [[The Glorious War of Sisterly Rivalry]]: The Horton family. If you think the rivalry to be the favorite child is bad between ''two'' kids, picture five of them going at it.

** [[Word of God|Word Of Goddess]] says that this will be taken [[Up to Eleven]] in book 2, when Delilah's little sister Phoebe comes to Phoenix.

* [[Gosh Darn It to Heck]]: Played straight, but sort of subverted in that Narrator!Adele will always assure us that the speaker did ''not'' say what was written.

* [[Hair of Gold]]: Brooke, Saffron, and Fala

* [[The Heart]]: Brooke.

* [[She Is Not My Girlfriend|He Is Not My Boyfriend]]: Adele and Patrick have to say this. ''A lot''.

* [[Heroes Want Redheads]]: Many suspect that this may be the case between Patrick and Adele, both of whom have red hair.

* [[Hopeless Suitor]]: Delilah to Alec. Good luck telling her that, though.

** On the flip side, Bryce is this to Delilah. Not that he gives up.

* [[Jerkass]]: Sophia is just evil, through and through.

* [[Jerkass Facade]]: Implied with Alec. He comes across as gruff and a "bad boy", but underneath is compassionate, wise, and a surrogate big brother to Adele.

* [[Lovable Alpha Bitch]]: Hannah, who Adele admits is "not that bad". Actually, the only thing that even ''slightly'' signals that Hannah may be a [[Alpha Bitch]] is the fact that she's best friends with [[The Rival]], Sophia. Needless to say, Hannah is much [[Closer to Earth]].

* [[Love to Hate]]: Sophia, natch.

* [[Magnificent Bastard|Magnificent Bitch]]: Sophia. She's evil, but you have to love her 'cause she's so darn ''good'' at it.

* [[Manipulative Bastard|Manipulative Bitch]]: Oh, ''Sophia.''

* [[Popular Is Dumb]]: Averted with Sophia, played straight with [[The Ditz|Lyn.]]

* [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits]]: Everyone. Literally.

* [[Redheaded Hero]]

* [[Rich Bitch]]: Sophia. Averted with Fala, who is mentioned to have a ''very'' big allowance, live in a mansion, have perfect clothes... and she's a sweet as can be. Even Delilah admits it.

** To a (very) mild extent, Fala to Delilah. This is only because they both like Alec, though.

* {{spoiler|[[Save the Villain]]: When they find out Sophia's been robbing the other kids, Delilah and Adele choose to cover for her.}}

** Aurora and Delilah, too.

*** To simplify: EVERYONE for Patrick and Adele. Including the ''author.''

* [[Spoiled Sweet]]: Fala Jean.

* [[Stage Mom]]: Mama Horton, Delilah's mother. Much like [[Gypsy|Mama Rose]], she puts the emphasis on her other daughters-- never Delilah. As for ''their'' relationship... strained doesn't even ''begin'' to cover it.

* [[Stupid Sexy Flanders|Stupid Likable Fala]]: Despite Fala being Delilah's rival for Alec's affections, Delilah finds it very hard to hate her.

* [[The Team Normal]]: Patrick seems to be the most normal out of everyone in this book.

* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: Delilah and Aurora, while not actual best friends, fight a ''lot'', but are still good friends.

** Delilah's real best friend, Adele, tends to clash with her, too.

** Delilah's Jewish. As stated on the book's [http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_137068463017027 Facebook page], "Yeah, it's never mentioned in the story, but I said [Delilah's] Jewish [[Lampshade Hanging|so it's canon now!"]]

 

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