Pub. Date: September 1st, 2013
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
Hardcover
311 pages
I always try my best to remain spoiler free in my reviews –
but this is one of the rare times that I will not be able to review without
discussing some major plot points. If you want to remain spoiler free I suggest
you skip this one!
When the school board changes zoning areas, Reyna Fey has to
start freshman year at a different school than her three best friends. Hoping
to not spend everyday completely alone, Reyna’s open to making friends, but
sharp tongued, tell it like it is Olive Barton, wasn’t the kind she was
expecting. Brought together first out of loneliness, Reyna slowly begins to
consider Olive a real friend. But, everything changes when Olive comes out to
Reyna, and Reyna responds in the most hurtful, painful way possible. Unaware
how severely she has hurt Olive, Reyna submerges herself in a new relationship,
and a new group of friends, abandoning Olive when she needs her the most. As
the girls become more hostile than friendly, Reyna is forced to learn how one
person’s actions and words can forever alter someone else’s life.
