Recommended by James Adler, cataloguer
This young adult novel, set in a deeply drawn high school, is about assault, but also trauma, friendship, bravery, belief in what people say happened to them, and speaking your truth — especially that of girls and women, and yet also inclusive of everyone. Ashley Herring Blake’s gripping and riveting narrative starts fast and never lets up a nanosecond. I have been immersed and soaked and saturated in it. Nearly every page blows my mind. And I’ve never been more moved by any last page — ever.