Arrogant high school senior Jake Holomann is one month away from graduating a semester early. From his point of view, Jake can't get away from his school and his classmates fast enough. When his English teacher suggests he might have more to learn before heading off to college, Holomann scoffs at the idea but accepts her strange homework assignment. His month long task to learn the meaning of "empathy" turns into a journey he could never have imagined - Jake mysteriously spends one day living the life of each of his classmates. Sometimes humorous, sometimes harrowing, 30 Days to Empathy...

Life is hard for April Grey, a high school sophomore at Sojourner Truth Magnet High School in Chicago. She's surrounded by people who are more successful than she is, in one way or another: straighter teeth, better hair, better complexion, more perfect height, more money, more friends, better grades, they're in better shape, their family lives don't suck as badly as hers does, they get rides to school while she has to take the train, they have better clothes. With the help of her quirky English teacher, Julie Glass, April mysteriously spends one day in a childhood memory of each of her...

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