First published 2016
Jessie's first week at Wood Valley High School feels like a disaster. The Los Angeles prep school intimidates her at every turn. She considers fleeing back to Chicago. Then an email arrives from someone called Somebody/Nobody. This mysterious student offers to help her survive the school's social maze. Jessie wonders if the messages are real or an elaborate joke. Her life has been upended since her mother died two years ago. Her father married a woman he met online and moved the family across the country. Now Jessie lives with her new stepmother and stepbrother, both of whom she dislikes. Desperate for connection, she begins trusting her anonymous correspondent. SN becomes her closest friend and guide through high school politics. Jessie grows curious about SN's real identity. She wants to meet this person who understands her so well. But discovering the truth might ruin the one good thing in her new life.
Genres: romance, coming-of-age, contemporary, young-adult
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: fish-out-of-water, found-family
Setting: Los Angeles, Chicago, Wood Valley High School
Period: 21st-century
328 pages · Hardcover · Delacorte Press