Senior year is usually a busy time, but it was perhaps especially so for Lilly Grossman.
She was elected La Jolla High's homecoming queen, worked as features page editor of the school newspaper and published a novel with a friend — her second, featuring an alter ego character navigating friendships during senior year. During spring break, she toured London and Paris.
And she did it in spite of a mysterious ailment that makes it extremely difficult for her to walk, talk and eat, disturbs her sleep and generally makes it tough for her just to be a kid.