Change is in the air as the island of Barbados inches closer to the end of the first decade of the new millennium, and a new school year begins. Adrian, now fifteen years old, is feeling the change, not only in his surroundings but in his life-his preoccupation with popularity is no more. Popularity-focused schemes may be a thing of the past, but the perilous adventures which underscored them are very much a part of the present. The motivations are different but the results are the same-complications and contention around every corner. Is Adrian a new, matured creation, or is he just a repackaged version of