4 stars

Palestinian Canadian author with autism writes a Palestinian autistic girl 

Love triangle

Coming of age

Learning to be yourself

This is a Palestinian Canadian girl who gets diagnosed with autism right before she starts HS. She then gets a little boy crazy and ends up in a love triangle. In books with love triangles, I NEVER vote for both. I always have a clear side. But in this one, I found myself rooting for both love interests at different times. I do think she ended up with the guy right for her though. 

This is one where I listened to the acknowledgements after I was done. I drug it out for so long because I didn’t want it to be over. 

The couple in this will live rent free in my head for a very long time. 

I really enjoyed Jessie’s character and felt like there were pieces of her I could relate to. Like getting OBSESSED over a boy that I put him on this pedestal that didn’t accurately portray him at all.