The story Criss Cross, by Lynne Rae Perkins is based on a group of fourteen year old neighbor friends from Seldom. They all have hopes and dreams that this spring something good would happen to them, because they were afraid of their future, especially Debbie. Debbie is a young teenaager who wishes she were someone else, really anyone else, especially the models on the magazine. She is also constantly worrying about if she would ever find love. Lennie is a boy who is extremely smart about everything! Except, he does not have the best grades due to the fact that he is not the best test taker. Anyways, Lennie started to do drugs right before the spring. He still is considered smart, but his decision to do drugs made his friends disapprove of