Written by: Gale Galligan
First line: You thought you had a plan, your life was set in stone...but then you made a tiny friend who taught you how to grow.
Why you should read this book: Weird, gender-nonconforming kid Ollie Herisson is the daughter of a diplomat, so she's never taken friendship seriously, because her family moves every two years, and so do most of the kids she meets at international schools, so she never expects those relationships to mean anything. With this mindset, she really hurts her best friend on the last day of school in Germany, and she doesn't make a great impression on the first day of school in America. Then her parents tell her that they've decided to stay in one place until she and her sister finish school, and now she has to reexamine her entire belief system, including her prejudices about the kids she meets, and her relationship with her cultural heritage, and the way she interacts with her sister, along with how she thinks about anime, cosplay, storytelling, and apologies.
Why you shouldn't read this book: You think anime, cosplay, and friends are stupid.
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