Two girls age out of the special-ed program program and become roommates (not by choice). In spite of different backgrounds and disabilities, and in spite of not knowing each other, the girls learn a lot from each other and help each other through the aftermath of sexual assault. Because yes, they've both been sexually assaulted. 
 I can see this landing on high school reading lists because it's very much a story of seeing past a person's disabilities, about empathy, about treating people well. But it's two girls who have both been through similar traumas, as well as their benefactor (Elizabeth, their landlord, for whom they cook and clean in exchange for rent). This feels more like a Lifetime movie than an emotionally-charged novel.