Publication
Bella Books (2012), 264 pages
Collections
Awards
Américas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature (Commended Title — 2009)
ALA Rainbow Book List (Selection — Young Adult Fiction — 2009)
CCBC Choices (2009)
Content and Summary Info
Bisexual Content: A supporting character (cisgender girl) has/has had romantic and/or sexual relationships with people of more than one gender.
Intersecting Marginalized Identities: Several main and supporting characters are Latinx, Cuban. Includes a non-binary supporting character.
Publisher's Summary: When Shai receives text messages from Marlena, the love of her life, and reads them during class, her dramatic mother finds out what her A-student daughter's been doing behind her back and kicks her to the curb. Soon Shai becomes involved with an unusual group of friends in exotic Miami. Can a discarded free-thinker turn the corner into a world as wild, hilarious, and painful as her first love—and create a new kind of family?