4.5 ~ Looks like I've found another author to add to my faves.

Ashley Herring Blake has the perfect way of writing middle grade books about girls liking girls, wanting to hold hands, wanting to kiss them. It is so touching and beautiful.
Not only that, the rest of the story is just as wonderful.

After getting a heart transplant, Sunny hopes she'll stop thinking about kissing girls and she'll be able to focus on getting to know her mother since she's back in town after having left her eight years ago.
The family dynamics are so nuanced and well done. Obviously the found family element is my favourite. The themes of friendship, lost friendship, acceptance and surfing... I just...
I'm reading this at 23 so happy to know that younger girls could read this and see that their feelings are beautiful.