Ami Polonsky

Resenting her parents for moving the family to a new town for her dad's new professorship, thirteen-year-old Essie cannot wait until she can get back to her home--until she meets Ollie, a boy who goes by "them" and identifies as "non-binary." The two young people quickly develop a crush on each other, but Ollie may be too busy advocating for queer rights to give their feelings a chance before Essie has to move back.

"1987. Iris tries to act normal at school, going through the motions and joking around with her friends, but it feels like she'll never laugh again. How can she, when her dad is dying of a virus that is off-limits to talk about? When she knows that soon all she will have left of her kind, loving dad are memories, photos, and a binder full of the poems they used to exchange? Iris resolves to speak out against the rampant fear, misinformation, and prejudice...