'An ode to first love being seen and finding your joy' - Buzzfeed It's too late for a
Sweet Sixteen but what if Mahalia had a coming-out party? A love letter to romantic comedies
sweet sixteen blowouts Black joy and queer pride. Mahalia Harris wants. She wants a big
Sweet Sixteen like her best friend Naomi. She wants the super-cute new girl Siobhan to like
her back. She wants a break from worrying-about money snide remarks from white classmates
pitying looks from church ladies . . . all of it. Then inspiration strikes: It's too late for
a Sweet Sixteen but what if she had a coming-out party? A singing dancing
rainbow-cake-eating celebration of queerness on her own terms. The idea lights a fire beneath
her and soon Mahalia is scrimping and saving taking on extra hours at her afterschool job
trying on dresses and awkwardly flirting with Siobhan all in preparation for the coming out
of her dreams. But it's not long before she's buried in a mountain of bills unfinished
schoolwork and enough drama to make her English lit teacher blush. With all the responsibility
on her shoulders will Mahalia's party be over before it's even begun? A novel about finding
yourself falling in love and celebrating what makes you you. --- "Camryn Garrett writes
with wholehearted sincerity-sharp edged truth braided with irrepressible joy. Mahalia's story
lives breathes and glows. I'm in love with it every day of the week!" -Becky Albertalli #1
New York Times bestselling author of Simon vs. the Homosapiens Agenda " A perfect ode to
romantic comedies wrapped in a dazzling rainbow dress ." -Rachael Lippincott #1 New York
Times bestselling author of Five Feet Apart and She Gets the Girl
