Sometimes the Girl

Here, though, now, I'm not a younger sister, a daughter, a sorta ex-girlfriend. I'm not Holiday, or Holi, or even Hol. I'm not the sum of my experiences: of classrooms and clubs and pain that hurts too much to share.

I am cells and stardust, heart and hands and breath.

• ★ A Stonewall Honor Book for Young Adult Literature
• ★ A YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults Selection
• ★ A Kirkus Best Teen/YA Book of 2025