Wood for the Winter

Hiking

Yellowstone National Park

Trouble in the Trees (Orca Young Readers)

Blue Bird Helps a Friend

Gone Again Ptarmigan

Wild Life

Deserts

From the bestselling author of The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School comes a story in the vein of John Tucker Must Die but tackling serious topics. It’s a revenge story told with nuance, heart, and the possibility of healing. 

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. 

Discover Your Child's Next Read

Wood for the Winter

Dawn Mcmillan, 2004

Hiking

Sarah Tieck, 2013

Yellowstone National Park

Robert B. Noyed, Cynthia Klingel, 2000

Trouble in the Trees (Orca Young Readers)

Yolanda Ridge, 2011

Blue Bird Helps a Friend

Felipe Cofreros Ph D, 2021

Gone Again Ptarmigan

Jonathan London, 2001

Wild Life

Cynthia DeFelice, 2011

Deserts

Melissa S. Cole, Pat Leeson, Tom Leeson, 2003