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Lexi Ree, a seventeen‑year‑old, faces the fallout of her mother’s discovery of her lesbian attraction. Feeling her family’s bonds fraying, Lexi believes a new environment might offer a chance to transform. She enrolls at New Horizons summer camp, determined to learn how to like boys and change her story. Yet she learns that denying her true feelings is harder than any camp lesson.
First publish date: 2014
Genre: Children's Fiction/Early Readers
Authors: Jessica Verdi
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