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In this necessary tale grappling with some of the prickly parts of life--mental health loss friendship--Spears proves once again that she s a master not just of the teenage voice but also of carefully crafting stories with both heart and teeth. Stories that bond themselves to readers and live with them--in them--far after the last page. --Jason Reynolds New York Times bestselling author of Stamped and Long Way Down A teen confronts his feelings about his father s death his new family and the girl next door in this emotional young adult novel from critically-acclaimed author Kat Spears Dane Riley s grasp on reality is slipping and he s not sure that he cares. While his mother has moved on after his father s death Dane desperately misses the man who made Dane feel okay to be himself. He can t stand his mother s boyfriend or the boyfriend s son whose favorite pastime is tormenting Dane. Then there s the girl next door: Dane can t quite define their relationship and he doesn t know if he s