Leon and his miscreant buddies from the gifted pool are mad as hell, and theyre not going to take it anymore! Their favorite downtown coffeeshop, Sipthe only survivor in the barren moonscape of decrepit Old Downtownis in danger of being run out of business by the ubiquitous and oh-so-corporate coffee chain, Wackfords. Wackfords doesnt host readings or smell funky or support the arts the way Sip doesits basically a glorified office. With the help of the Wackfords managera self-described McHobo whos worked for every chain along the stripLeon and his friends decide to protest by taking over the Wackfords and making it into a middle-management office. Meanwhile, Leon deals with an unwanted crush, a Mohawked father, and his friend Dustins ongoing quest to take down the gym teacher via depressing poems. Nothing quite goes as expected, but thats the great thing about life in the gifted pool.From the Hardcover edition.