In Teen Angst? Naaah... by Ned Vizzini, Ned faces a lot of problems associated with coming of age. He ends up solving some of these problems, but not all of the problems.

   One of the problems in Ned's life is that he is being more rebellious. For example, when he wanted to go to a vacation to Cancun for 1 week and his parents said no, he made a plan. He was going to trick them by saying he was going to Jame's house. Then he would run off to the senior trip and come back 1 week later. However, because of some social problems between these 2 periods, he ends up selling away his ticket to Cancun.

   Another problem in Ned's life is that he is always doing favors for other people who he does not know well. For example, he did a favor for Erin. The favor involved running 3 miles in a downpour with sandals and a t-shirt. He accepted it knowing what he had to do, and he ended up feeling really bad afterwards. 

   Another problem in Ned's life is that he makes a lot of wrong choices. For example, he jumped turnstiles for a whole month of summer. He did not get caught and thought that he was very slick. However, one day while he was jumping turnstiles with his friend, 2 police officers caught him. They gave him a fine of  $60. That was exactly the amount of money he would have used if he actually paid, and the police did not even know how many times he jumped turnstiles. He ended up feeling happy that the police caught him, and I thought this was weird.

   In all, I think that while Ned matures he faces a lot of problems. He solves most of them, but he never ends up solving some of them. I hope that I won't have any of his problems in high school.