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At Armstead Academy, everyone knows everything about everyone. Well, everyone thinks they know everything . . .. Leila has made it most of the way through Armstead Academy without having a crush on anyone, which is a relief. As an Iranian American, shes different enough; if word got out that Leila liked girls, life would be twice as hard. But when beautiful new girl Saskia shows up, Leila starts to take risks she never thought she would. As she carefully confides in trusted friends about Saskias confusing signals, Leila begins to figure out that all her classmates are more complicated than they first appear to be, and some are keeping surprising secrets of their own. "An empowering romance featuring a lovable, awkward protagonist who just needs a little nudge of confidence to totally claim her multifaceted identity." - BOOKLIST , starred review. "Farizan exceeds the high expectations she set with her debut, If You Could Be Mine, in this fresh, humorous, and poignant exploration of friendship and love." - Publishers Weekly, starred review. "Funny, heartwarming, and wise." - Kirkus Reviews. * A 2015 ALA Top Ten Rainbow List Title * A 2015 YALSA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers. .
About the Author
Sara Farizan (1984, Massachusetts) . Her parents immigrated from Iran in the seventies, her father a surgeon and her mother a homemaker. Sara grew up feeling different in her private high school not only because of her ethnicity but also because of her liking girls romantically, her lack of excitement in science and math, and her love of writing plays and short stories. So she came out of the closet in college, realized math and science weren't so bad (but not for her) , and decided she wanted to be a writer. She is an MFA graduate of Lesley University and holds a BA in film and media studies from American University. Sara has been a Hollywood intern, a waitress, a comic book/record store employee, an art magazine blogger, a marketing temp, and an after-school teacher, but above all else she has always been a writer.
