"Frankie," Norah said as she hit her thumbnail, "did you ever cross your heart and hope to die and then really wish you hadn't?"
Norah has promised not to tell Laura’s secret to anyone, not even her best friend Frankie. But staying true to Laura involves breaking school regulations. And as a peer mediator, Norah should be enforcing the rules, not breaking them. To make things worse, the new kid in school, Maxwell Baxter, has been watching her every move. And now he’s threatening to blackmail her! Why does Maxwell have such a chip on his shoulder? And how can Norah he a good peer mediator without betraying Laura? As she struggles to find solutions, Norah finds that the line that separates right from wrong isn’t always clear.