From the bestselling author of the National Book Award Finalist The Lesbiana’s Guide to
Catholic School comes a revenge story told with nuance heart and the possibility of healing.
An ideal next read for fans of Laurie Halse Anderson. Ariana Ruiz wants to be noticed. But as
an autistic girl who never talks she goes largely ignored by her peers—despite her bold
fashion choices. So when cute popular Luis starts to pay attention to her Ari finally feels
seen. Luis’s attention soon turns to something more and they have sex at a party—while Ari
didn’t say no she definitely didn’t say yes . Before she has a chance to process what
happened and decide if she even has the right to be mad at Luis the rumor mill begins
churning—thanks she’s sure to Luis’s ex-girlfriend Shawni. Boys at school now see Ari as an
easy target someone who won’t say no. Then Ari finds a mysterious note in her locker that
eventually leads her to a group of students determined to expose Luis for the predator he is.
To her surprise she finds genuine friendship among the group including her growing feelings
for the very last girl she expected to fall for. But in order to take Luis down she’ll have to
come to terms with the truth of what he did to her that night—and risk everything to see
justice done.
