Idiot: A Love Story With Drama, Betrayal and e-mail

It mostly started with a school play, when Jim O'Reilly, 16, fell in love with a wannabe high school gossip columnist, sending her torrid love letters (anonymous) by e-mail. Why is he now featured on TV talk shows, the hero of a book, and an willing love object to millions of American girls? A funny, contemporary novel for kids in high school.