America's Junior Miss

Magic and myth, gods and heroes are the substance of Georgette's practice in clinical psychology. When she can't escape her cave of depression following the suicide of a patient, who better to come to the rescue than her teenage son, Emile? After all, the high school junior has acquired a few superpowers of his own from his exposure via Wolf-mom to Carl Jung and Joseph Campbell's world of dreams. But his mother's in such a bad place, how can he help her without meddling in her business, invading her space, or getting his head bit off?

Emile's crazy scheme starts innocently enough, but he still hasn't seen any results. If playing women's athletics and dressing up like Cindy Brady hasn't managed to get Georgette's attention, what more can the boy do to help her out of her cave? Perhaps compete for the Young Miss title?

Angela's been wondering "What would Katniss do?" Of course, Angela would do just about anything to get her classmate Anthony's attention. Even though she'd rather eat Twinkies and play the piano, maybe if she works out, sheds a few pounds, and enters the local Young Miss Pageant, Anthony will drop his hippie girlfriend and finally ask her out.

Follow our young hero and heroine in this modern fairy tale as they journey from their comfort zones to the land of the Young Miss pageant.