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An insightful, raw YA novel about a young photographer navigating toxic relationships and how they influence her identity Sixteen-year-old Arden Grey is struggling. Her mother has left their family, her father and her younger brother won't talk about it, and a classmate, Tanner, keeps harassing her about her sexuality—which isn't even public. (She knows she likes girls romantically, but she thinks she might be asexual.) At least she's got her love of film photography and her best and only friend, Jamie, to help her cope. Then Jamie, who is trans, starts dating Caroline, and suddenly he isn't so reliable. Arden's insecurity about their friendship grows. She starts to wonder if she's jealous or if Jamie's relationship with Caroline is somehow unhealthy—and it makes her reconsider how much of her relationship with her absent mom wasn't okay, too. Filled with big emotions, first loves, and characters navigating toxic relationships, Ray Stoeve's honest and nuanced novel is about finding your place in the world and seeking out the love and community that you deserve. JAMIE IS TRYING TO CHEER ME UP AGAIN ON SATURDAY, THE LIGHT IS PERFECT, ALL HEAVY GRAY CLOUDS “CAROLINE SUMMERS.” JAMIE SITS DOWN IN FRONT OF ME IN WE’RE STANDING AT JAMIE’S LOCKER WHEN JAMIE KNOCKS ON THE DOOR THE NEXT DAY FOR HIS ON FRIDAY, JAMIE BEGS ME TO COME TO HIS BASKETBALL GAME CAROLINE IS GONE ON TUESDAY FOR A FIELD TRIP, AND FOR THE I STAND IN THE PARKING LOT FOR A FEW MINUTES, TRYING NOT WALKING INTO SCHOOL ON MONDAY FEELS LIKE WALKING INTO THE WEEKEND IS TENSE. GARRETT REFUSED TO APOLOGIZE TO “SHE LIVES!” DAD MOCK-GASPS WHEN I WALK INTO THE I WAKE UP HOT AND SUFFOCATING UNDER MY COMFORTER AND ON WEDNESDAY, JAMIE’S NOT IN SCHOOL. WE HAVEN’T TEXTED I DON’T TEXT JAMIE BACK. LET HIM WONDER IF I’M MAD AT HIM THE NEXT WEEK, I’M SITTING IN THE LIBRARY WHEN VANESSA "ARDEN!" I SET UP CAMP AT THE DINING ROOM TABLE ON SUNDAY AFTER- I'M STANDING AT MY LOCKER MONDAY MORNING, TRYING TO THAT WEEK, I DON’T SIT IN THE LIBRARY AT LUNCH. I’M WITH SATURDAY MORNING FINDS ME AT A SMALL BUNGALOW IN I WAKE UP THE NEXT MORNING WITH A TIGHTNESS IN MY CHEST VALENTINE’S DAY REVIVES THE ROTTING CORPSE OF CANDY- TUESDAY:LIBRARY. WEDNESDAY:LIBRARY THURSDAY:LIBRARY FRIDAY:LIBRARY OVER THE NEXT WEEK, JAMIE AND I HANG OUT EVERY DAY. WE THE FIRST MONDAY BACK TO SCHOOL, I TEXT VANESSA. Sixteen-year-old Arden Grey is struggling. Her mother has left their family, her father and her younger brother won’t talk about it, and a classmate, Tanner, keeps harassing her about her sexuality—which isn’t even public. (She knows she likes girls romantically, but she thinks she might be asexual.) At least she’s got her love of film photography and her best and only friend, Jamie, to help her cope. Then Jamie, who is trans, starts dating Caroline, and suddenly he isn’t so reliable. Arden’s insecurity about their friendship grows. She starts to wonder if she’s jealous or if Jamie’s relationship with Caroline is somehow unhealthy—and it makes her reconsider how much of her relationship with her absent mom wasn’t okay, too. Filled with big emotions, first loves, and characters navigating toxic relationships, Ray Stoeve’s honest and nuanced novel is about finding your place in the world and seeking out the love and community that you deserve. **“Readers will see that Arden is on a painstaking path to a better her, and there are a lot of promising signs that she’ll get there.” —Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books** Arden Grey's mother has left their family, her father and her younger brother won't talk about it. A classmate, Tanner, keeps harassing her about her sexuality, which isn't even public. She knows she likes girls romantically, but she thinks she might be asexual. At least she's got her love of film photography and her best and only friend, Jamie, to help her cope. Then Jamie, who is trans, starts dating Caroline, and suddenly he isn't so reliable. Arden's insecurity about their friendship grows: is she jealous, or is Jamie's relationship with Caroline somehow unhealthy? -- adapted from jacket Sixteen-year-old Arden Grey finds escape in her love of film photography as she navigates toxic relationships and how they influence her identity