By K. A. Holt
Odyssey Honor Award
Rainbow Booklist Title
NCTE Notable Poetry Book
ALSC Notable Children's Recordings
Bank Street Best Book of the Year
Spirit of Texas Reading Program (SPOT) Middle School List selection
Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year
Amazon Best Book of the Month
Booklist Top 10 Romance Fiction for Youth
2022–2023 Young Hoosier Book Award nominee
2020 Michigan MISelf in Books selection
2022 Garden State Teen Book Awards nominee
2021 Rhode Island Middle School Book Award nominee
2020–2021 South Dakota Young Adult Reading Program selection
★ "The free verse narration is totally accessible, flowing quick and clear, and Holt plays with form, beautifully highlighting the parallel internal journeys, often achieving something akin to a musical duet. Ultimately, this is a middle-school romance concerned with the thrilling, confusing, world-shifting emotions of that age. . . . [A] moving story well-told." —Booklist, Starred Review
★ "A glowing, heartfelt addition to the middle-grade LGBTQ genre.” —Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review
“The format contributes to an air of drama; Holt takes the girls’ seemingly small-scale concerns, and their larger implications, seriously.” —The Horn Book