Love, High School, Lesbians, Friendship, Dating, Teenage Girls, Women of Colour, Young Adult Fiction 

Both personal and universal this is a compelling story about high school family and owning up to who you really are Farizan is just the voice YA needs right now Trust me youll be glad you listened -Sarah Dessen Leila has made it most of the way through Armstead Academy without having a crush on anyone which is something of a relief As an Iranian American shes different enough if word got out that she liked girls life would be twice as hard But when beautiful new girl Saskia shows up Leila starts to take risks she never thought she would especially when it looks as if the attraction between them is mutual Struggling to sort out her growing feelings and Saskias confusing signals Leila confides in her old friend Lisa and grows closer to her fellow drama tech-crew members especially Tomas whose comments about his own sexuality are frank funny wise and sometimes painful Gradually Leila begins to see that almost all her classmates are more complicated than they first appear to be and many are keeping fascinating secrets of their own - from Amzon