This book, ya'll. I am so glad the YA genre has it (or will have it soon). I know it's not the first to approach the LGBT subject, and that it won't be the last, but I still want to commend Sarah for putting Jamie's story out into a genre dominated by hetero relationships. The simple fact is that there are kids out in our world who need these kinds of books. Kids who are facing the same kinds of decisions and situations as Jamie, and who might need that little extra push to come out of the closet and live the life they deserve to live. 
 Jamie Patterson is a senior in high school, just months away from graduating and moving on to the next steps in his life; to college and beyond. He's got those every day high school kid worries, like finding a date to the prom and finishing up the high school's literary magazine he volunteers for as the graphic designer, Gumshoe. 
 He also has a secret. He's gay. 
 And while he's out with his parents, he's not out at school. He's not out with his best friend. He's still holding the secret close to his heart, terrified of what the truth of who he is will do to his life. 
 But when he gets a little extra push to make a choice toward what's right and what could keep his secret safe in the form of a graphic short written by one of the girls who runs the gay club in his school, he chooses to do what's right. He chooses to go against the votes of other classmates, because he knows in his heart that censoring something because it's not the norm just isn't right. Even though it could threaten everything he's built in his little world to keep his secret under wraps. 
 This book is all about the struggle of a high school student--of anyone really--who's trying to come out of that proverbial closet. I've seen firsthand how hard the choice can be, how the fallout can ruin someone. I've seen how crushing it can be to fall in love with your best friend only to have them drop you when they find out your feelings are less than platonic. 
 This is what Jamie faces, what Jamie is struggling with. He wants so many things, but what he wants most of all is not to lose Mason, his best friend since they were kids. He's a lucky guy, with kickass parents--his stepfather even threw him a party when he came out--good, supportive friends like Eden and Challis and all of the popular guys in school. Oh, and he has the most adorable twin sisters ever (oh, the swoons of him playing dolls with the girls sighhhhh). 
 Jamie's story is one of the beautiful ones. The ones that will warm your heart and make you feel like every kid who's keeping this secret should let it out because screw what anyone else thinks. Sadly, we all know it's not always easy, and things don't always work out the way you want them to, but I hope this story will prove that no matter what, it shouldn't stop anyone from being who they are. That's exactly the message I want this book tol give to kids who read it. To anyone who reads it, really. I hope it will not only help kids like Jamie, but that it will give anyone who harbors any prejudices in their heart the little push they need to support someone who likes things they don't. To embrace diversity and understand that everyone is different, and no matter who you love--who you kiss--you still deserve to be treated as what you are: a human being.