June Chu, a high school senior in Iowa, balances her academic expectations with her fraught love life and discovering what she wants for herself, outside of the expectations of her family and society.

Readers of Becky Albertalli and Jenny Han’s novels will be glued to the page as June navigates messy boys and messier relationships in this bitingly funny and much-needed look into the overlap of Asian American identity and teen sexuality. Anna Gracia has crafted an outstanding coming-of-age novel.