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Violence
None
No violence
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
Some
Teen sexual content; more explicit than many YA novels
Substance Use
Some
Teen social drinking and some marijuana use
Emotional Intensity
A lot
The psychological weight of grief and the confusing aliveness of desire in its midst
What this book is about
Seventeen-year-old Lennie Walker's older sister Bailey died unexpectedly four weeks ago, and Lennie is still in the numb shock of it. She falls for Toby—Bailey's boyfriend—and simultaneously for Joe, the new boy in school, and the novel follows her complicated path through grief and desire. Nelson's debut is lyrical, honest about the messiness of grief and desire, and written in a style that includes Lennie's poems written on scraps of paper scattered throughout the town.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
Teen sexual content more explicit than typical YA
Grief and its messy aftermath
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