The book is based on the events of the first installment. It appears to have some false information, such as Dewey "oozing with inexperience" and Kenny's death being gutted by the infamous, Ghostface. It also mentioned in the second installment, that the ending was different from what Sidney, Randy and Gale recalled. It was revealed that numerous characters from the second installment had read the book, like Dewey, Randy, Joel and Debbie Salt.