The Xander Years， Volume 2

<P> <I>"But I mean， what is it? How do you get it? Who doesn't have it? And who decides who doesn't have it? What is the essence of 'cool'?"</I> <P><BR> Most teens have trouble finding themselves now and then， but when you're living on a hellmouth， "trouble" is an understatement -- <I>especially</I> if you're Xander Harris. He has never been very popular， and has never had much luck with women， but he <I>is</I> uniquely Xander. <P> After a Sunnydale High field trip to the zoo， Xander becomes obnoxious and aggressive. Giles thinks it's typical adolescent male behavior， but Buffy knows better. And when he <I>finally</I> scores "cool" points by making the Sunnydale High swim team， he's thrown into the middle of something， well...fishy. <P> Still， once Xander is excluded from the Slayer's most recent anti-apocalyptic campaign， he finds himself battling his own private evil -- and saving Sunnydale High from a fate it never imagined.