I finished reading this book a week ago. I know I gobbled it up in a day and a half. It's about a queer Black teen in a prom-crazy town. I thought I'd made a million highlights, but there's only one, "staff the table," which I highlighted because why do people still insist on saying "man the table"? BUT NOT VERY INFORMATIVE.

Liz Lightly is a likable character. She and her younger brother live with their grandparents because their mom died from Sickle Cell Anemia concerns. Her bother has the disease, too. Despite, or because of the adversities in her life, Liz is an achiever: she's valedictorian and concert master in her school's orchestra. She's got a tight group of friends, even if she lost one of her besties at the beginning of high school over a racist and sexist incident the former friend did not have Liz's back on.

Her BFF, Gina, turns out to not stand up for Liz either, especially when Gina feels threatened by new girl Mack's growing closeness with Liz. There is also an enemy: Rachel Collins, who asks of the Prom Queen competition,

"Okay, well, I just wanted to make sure there isn't going to be any funny business going on with the scoring process. Like we're not going to have to tell with an"--she turns around to look pointedly at me--"affirmative action aspect, perhaps?"

One of the reasons Liz takes to Mack is Mack's response

"Actually, Rebecca, before you start concerning yourself with skewed scoring, you should probably know that the biggest beneficiaries of affirmative action are white women."

Finally, someone is looking out for Liz!