Rick’s gone along with his best friend Jeff even when Jeff’s acted like a bully and a jerk. But now Rick wants his own life to benbsp; … understood. Even if it means breaking some old friendships and making some new ones. As they did in their groundbreaking novel GEORGE, in RICK, award-winning author Alex Gino explores what it means to search for your own place in the world… and all the steps you and the people around you need to take in order to get where you need to be.