First published 2021
Willa has her world figured out. She knows exactly how things should be. Her socks must feel soft against her skin. Tags inside clothes make her uncomfortable. She loves the satisfying crunch of popcorn but finds baby carrots disgusting. Slimy textures revolt her. Living with Sensory Processing Disorder means managing these preferences every day, and Willa handles it well. Then her father drops a bombshell. He has been secretly dating someone, and that someone is Ruby's mother. Ruby is Willa's best friend. The idea of her dad with Ruby's mom feels wrong. The possibility of their families merging terrifies her. Ruby becoming her stepsister overnight seems impossible to accept. Willa refuses to go along with these massive changes to her carefully ordered life. She will fight this new arrangement with everything she has.
Genres: fiction, family-life, mental-health, contemporary, young-adult
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
160 pages · Kindle Edition · Scholastic
Content warnings: anxiety, mental-illness