Thought this book did a better job of not only capturing the internal emotional turmoil of 7th grade girls (which was excellent here and in The Thing About Jellyfish) but also speaking in a voice that'll appeal to the target audience (which I thought wasn't so great about The Thing About Jellyfish - it felt like it was written for adults/librarians who work with 7th graders rather than tweens themselves). Sometimes this meant as an adult reader that I lost a little interest/focus, but quite frankly keeping me engaged isn't really the point. Would definitely recommend this to tween readers who like realistic fiction.