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Reviewed on October 31, 2025 | High School
Gr 9 Up—Jae and Derek would rather nobody knew how much their lives have changed over the past year. Jae, bearing the guilt and shame of having given up her baby for adoption, leaves her mother's home in Atlanta to live with her uncle in Florida, where she'll start the year in a new high school. Derek still lives in the same town but no longer in the seaside home he grew up in. He fears losing his friends if they find out his mother's addiction forced the move. The two find themselves in the school's poetry club for very different reasons: Jae loves...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

