I normally wouldn't have read this book, but since the author is going to be at NOVA teen fest, I wanted to read one of her books. I won't lie- it was out of my comfort zone, but that's good, because it helped me to understand a few things about circles outside of my own.
First, this is about a young girl who is repeatedly mistaken for a boy. I was kind of confused because she said that she was always being looked at funny, but if she looked like a boy, why would there be long stares? Maybe it was her perception, which is something that is totally valid. She is coming from a Portuguese family that is extremely traditional, so the fact that now she has cut her hair is pretty much equal to selling drugs. Not a good situation. Her brother is the only one she truly trusts, and especially now that her best friends who always accepted her are being complete jerks. So she is trying to find a place. And of course, there is the romance situation where there is a girl that she completely is in love with, and wondering if it is reciprocated. Oh, yeah, she also is befriending a girl who is pregnant with her best friend's baby. Lots going on.
I think that if we took away the whole "she's a girl but looks like a boy" situation, it would be incredibly close to Gabi, a Girl In Pieces, which is not a bad thing. It's about all the issues that happen in high school, but compounded by a few atypical things. It was interesting, and I'm pretty sure that I found some insight I probably wouldn't have if I hadn't read the book.