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Down to the Bone

by Mayra Lazara Dole (Goodreads Author)

3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 · rating details · 736 ratings · 98 reviews

When Shai receives text messages from her girlfriend Marlena and reads them during class, her mother finds out what her A-student daughter's been doing behind her back and throws her out of the house. Soon Shai becomes involved with an unusual group of friends in Cuban Miami. Can a discarded freethinker turn the corner into a world as tender, exciting, and painful as her f...more

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Published July 10th 2012 by HarperTeen & Bella Books (first published July 10th 2008)

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Feb 09, 2013 Nancy rated it 5 of 5 stars

Recommended to Nancy by: Mayra Dole

Shelves: lgbt, kids-and-teens, library-books, favorites

Laura is a junior in a Catholic high school looking forward to summer and to celebrating her two-year anniversary with her girlfriend, Marlena. Instead, she is humiliated when her teacher reads a love letter from Marlena out loud in front of all her friends, resulting in her expulsion from school and in the loss of her friends. Her mother has thrown Laura out of the house, promising that she can return only when she reveals the name of her secret lover and changes her ways.

Laura moves in with he...more

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Apr 27, 2009 Mickey7 rated it 5 of 5 stars

Down to the Bone is an excellent book.....the life story of lesbians and guys...what they have to face in the real world....Once you start reading it you can't put the book down until you finish....I caught myself reading til 4AM in the morning having to get up at 6AM....IT IS A TRUE STORY THAT HAS EVERYTHING....HUMOR, SARCASIM, EXCITMENT, VERY FUNNY, LATIN FLAVOR....AND MOST OF ALL THE TRUTH. A must read.

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May 05, 2008 Ariel rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: everyone

Recommended to Ariel by: a lesbian friend and a group of friends

Compelling! It'll captivate you and take you on an emotional ride from beginning to end. I couldn't put it down! It starts with a kiss, but unlike Snow White who’s kissed by a prince and brought back to life, Laura’s kiss by another girl turns her life upside down. The characters are all Latino. They leap off the pages and are by far the best I've ever read in a YA novel. This is is no fairy tale, yet the author, like a fairy godmother, skillfully adds magic ingredients that'll make you laugh yo...more

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Feb 09, 2009 Liz Bradbury rated it 5 of 5 stars

Review by Liz Bradbury, Author of the lesbian mystery romance series - Maggie Gale Mysteries

Written for young adults, this facepaced novel about a 17-year-old Cuban - American “tortillera” (the Cuban slang word for dyke) who gets caught in her Catholic school reading a love letter from her girlfriend, grips you from the first page and doesn't let you go. The main character Laura, is not only thrown out of school but tossed out of the house by her mother, who says she can't love Laura unless she...more

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Apr 03, 2011 Lauren rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: young-adult

There were plenty of sympathetic characters in Dole's YA debut, but odd choices in story-crafting made this a slower read than I would have liked. Main character Laura's attempts to balance her acceptance of her sexuality with her need to feel loved by her family fuel the novel, and there were a lot of situations and issues here that I hadn't seen explored in other GLBT YA novels, such as Laura's having been in a long-term lesbian relationship before starting to explore the gay community, and he...more

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Nov 19, 2010 Tashia added it

This book was about a girl,Laura, that was just starting to figure out who she really was. She lost alot of friends over this but they obviously weren't true friends if they didn't hang around, her mother after finding out her daughters true self disowned her too. Her mom thought she was a disgrace to her family and to everybody else. After getting kick out of her house she moved in with her bestfriend and her bestfriends mom. Laura, then got a job working with her ex's uncle doing landscaping...more This book was about a girl,Laura, that was just starting to figure out who she really was. She lost alot of friends over this but they obviously weren't true friends if they didn't hang around, her mother after finding out her daughters true self disowned her too. Her mom thought she was a disgrace to her family and to everybody else. After getting kick out of her house she moved in with her bestfriend and her bestfriends mom. Laura, then got a job working with her ex's uncle doing landscaping stuff, she was inlove with her ex for the longest time even after braking up, but her ex moved on so after a very long time she moved on too, finding someone new and alot better to be with. The friend she is living with hooked her and her girlfriend up after meeting a few times. Laura herself also for the longest time was not comfortable with her own skin, it took a couple years for her to be okay with her sexuality. But after having a loving girlfriend she helped laura get through and was happy. She tryed to get her mom to let her move back in but Laura couldn't lie about herself no longer and just didn't want to live a lie, so she wasn't welcomed back in her mothers house.
I really liked this book, it showed alot about her courage and how to deal with what was going on in her life. It's kind of inspiring to read books like this, shows that you shouldn't have to hide your true self and that you shouldn't pretend to be someone else if your really not. Just be yourself, and if someone doesnt like it then thats their problem, they're losing out on a great friend. I personally wouldn't change anything in this book, well I wish I could change her moms mind about how she thought about her daughter but thats okay not all parents are going to be suppportive, yes I wish they were but can't change that.
I would recamend this book to any and everyone. I think its a good book, but if you're a judgemental person or don't like gay people then I wouldn't recamend reading this book...(less)

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Sep 07, 2010 LaKiera Bailey rated it 4 of 5 stars

Down to the bone is a book about a girl named Laura, who is in a relationship with a girl. She was truely in love,then the girl moved and married a man. Also Laura's crazy mother finds out that she is a tortillera (cuban slang for disgusting dyke) and kicks her out the house. Then she refuses to love her again until she becomes straight. Laura then has to move with her best friend Soli and Soli's mom. They show her real love and change her in ways they don't even know. She no longer feels sad w...more

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Oct 01, 2009 Wdebo5487 rated it 4 of 5 stars

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This book was interesting (to put it simply). There was a certain awkwardness to it, but it was still good. The writing was good and the narrator, Laura, was raw and talks from her heart, which is good, none of that mysterious feeling crap that is in some books. Which I hate because you have no idea what the character is thinking, and they are suppose to be the MAIN CHARCTER and yet you have no idea what they're like.

Pro: It was uniq...more

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Nov 30, 2009 Sally rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: ya, i-own-this, glbt-girls, own-elwood

The last of the four books I got at Hares and Hyenas. I'd seen it mentioned on a gay book blog but none of the libraries here had it, so imagine my surprise and delight when I saw it on the shelf, just waiting for me to buy it! :D

A good story with good characters, but oh wow SO much prejudice and unfairness that I wanted to cry. Laura's mother especially, what a horror!

Loved the glossary at the back, because so many foreign words were used. I think I picked up a few phrases. :D

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Aug 18, 2009 Carla Lee rated it 5 of 5 stars

I can't stop rereading this book. I love Laura, the main character who is Cuban and a teenager and a lesbian, and her outlook on life and the way she describes the world around her. She's sharp and witty and funny, and at the same time her story is sweet and sad. The diversity of the characters is fantastic, and they're all very well developed. It's a wonderful, colorful book that is hilarious and heartbreaking and infuriating in turn and always delightful.

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Aug 15, 2012 Erin rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: lgbt, teen-realistic-fiction

though it pains me to say it, there are so many things wrong with this book. it pains me because 1) i was totally excited to read this because of the reviews- both slj and booklist gave it great reviews, booklist even starred it, and 2) i hate to criticize any gay teen lit, esp. new stuff and lesbian stuff, because i am just so happy that people are writing it, it's getting published, and it's in my library. but i actually had to get out a notepad to write down all of the things that were buggin...more though it pains me to say it, there are so many things wrong with this book. it pains me because 1) i was totally excited to read this because of the reviews- both slj and booklist gave it great reviews, booklist even starred it, and 2) i hate to criticize any gay teen lit, esp. new stuff and lesbian stuff, because i am just so happy that people are writing it, it's getting published, and it's in my library. but i actually had to get out a notepad to write down all of the things that were bugging me while i was reading because i couldn't keep track of them all. i think partly what kept me reading was that i wanted to see what other ridiculous stuff was in there.

first of all i couldn't stand the way the narrator, laura, talked, both to the reader and to other characters in the book. they all talked ridiculously unrealistically, at least in my opinion. i could be wrong, but i don't think teenagers say "lezbo," "fembo," and "blazin'" quite so much. laura also had weird ways of saying things like, "i couldn't give three cracked coconuts." umm, okay... i've read plenty of teen lit in my adult years so i am well-versed in the cheesy dialogue, contrived plots, and melodramatics. i really enjoyed freak show by james st. james even though it had all these things (and more!). but down to the bone was just not good. sorry.

inconsistencies abound in this book- one minute laura is completely clueless, asking someone what a genderqueer is, then the next she is throwing around the word "andro." later in the book she's explaining how feminine-looking gay girls versus butch girls or bois are in bed, when she's only been with her one secret girlfriend, has virtually no exposure to gay people/culture, and still isn't considering herself gay. it's just way too obvious that the author is trying to explain all these things to the reader, wanting to define every possible gay term and tell every possible version of a coming out story. there's the guy who tells the story of his brother who was trans and not accepted by their father and committed suicide- handled all to casually, by the way. mention of stds and aids, tons and tons of labeling- boi, butch, femme, t-girl, genderqueer, etc., etc. the author seemed to want to have a character to represent all these "types" of people but unfortunately they are all terribly one dimensional.

oh and the overt persecusion they face! maybe i am naiive, but not all "straights" hate the gays. just about every insult is thrown at these people and just about every character in the book who is not gay hates the gays and is not afraid to let them know.

the general mood in the book is also inconsistent. like the suicide story- it came up out of nowhere and then just as quickly they were on to a different topic. another time laura's work crew is having quite a heated argument about gay people. a few moments later she is reflecting that she is going to miss all the "good times" she and her crew have together.

the author also apparently thinks readers can't deduce anything for themselves so she has to spell it all out. laura explains that she can tell someone was a kind, thoughtful person, rather than just let readers figure that out from the character's actions. describing someone by saying she's "feminine looking" and then describing her dress, earrings, etc. is redundant. and repetitive. ;)

and my last complaint is that the author kept putting emphasis on certain words, sometimes excessively, and sometimes even on the wrong word. for instance, "here i am thinking i'd be HER type, and she ends up going for YOU." shouldn't it be, "here i am thinking I'D be her type, and she ends up going for YOU"?

i don't know, maybe my expectations were too high. maybe i'm too old, i'm not cuban, and i don't live in miami so i don't get it. i hope that's the case cuz i do still hope that lots and lots of teenagers read this book if it might educate them just a little bit. or help them find comfort in a character that's like themselves. i just wish the lessons were a bit more subtle.(less)

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Jan 15, 2010 Thomas rated it 3 of 5 stars

Recommended to Thomas by: Nancy

Shelves: glbt

Laura attends a Catholic high school and is almost done with her junior year; like most teenagers, she is looking forward to her summer break - where she has her family and a nice job awaiting her. Not only that, but it's almost her two year anniversary with her girlfriend, Marlena. Unfortunately, Laura is caught reading a love note from Marlena during class. Not only does her teacher confiscate it, but she also reads it aloud to her entire class. Even though Laura is mortified and almost pees h...more Laura attends a Catholic high school and is almost done with her junior year; like most teenagers, she is looking forward to her summer break - where she has her family and a nice job awaiting her. Not only that, but it's almost her two year anniversary with her girlfriend, Marlena. Unfortunately, Laura is caught reading a love note from Marlena during class. Not only does her teacher confiscate it, but she also reads it aloud to her entire class. Even though Laura is mortified and almost pees her pants, she refuses to tell the administrator her girlfriend's name. This results in her immediate expulsion. When her mom finds out, she throws her out of the house and says that she will only allow Laura back when she changes her sinful ways. Luckily, Laura meets an entirely different type of family - the type that may even accept her for who she really is.

I have many mixed feelings on this book. I bounced from three stars to four, then two, then four, then three. One of the things that made this book uncomfortable reading at first was my age and gender, obviously. I don't think fourteen-year-old males are generally the target audience for this book, even if it was for teens. I was a bit... perturbed, at times. But that doesn't really have to do with the book, that's more about me specifically.

Anyway, once I removed that aspect (it didn't deduct from the rating), this was a pretty decent novel, especially for a first time author. I enjoyed the diversity of it, with all the varying sexualities as well as focusing on Cuban-Americans. Good thing I took Spanish 1 in middle school, because otherwise I might not have understood a lot of the words. There is a glossary in the back, though.

The writing was very stylistic. Dole wrote Laura as a very raw character, I pretty much felt everything she was feeling and even tasted everything she tasted. There were a lot of great descriptions in this book. Sometimes the writing was a bit awkward, like as in awkward dialogue or phrasing, but other than that the writing was great.

Plot and character wise Down to the Bone was okay. Sometimes I felt Laura's confusion over her sexuality really annoying - I understand how confusing it can be to a person, but once she fell in and out of love more than twice I started to get bothered. Also, I didn't feel a lot of development from some of the side characters. Otherwise it was a good novel and my rating shouldn't stop anyone from reading this book, especially those seeking a fresh and unique read. (less)

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Dec 27, 2009 Rosie rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2009

Love Love Love this book!

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Aug 08, 2008 Liz Rettig rated it 5 of 5 stars

I just finished reading Down to the Bone and I loved it. I thought it was a poignant, moving story about love, friendship and family interlaced with humour. Some wonderfully expressive writing too. Great dialogue.

Gay or straight, Down to the Bone is about what we all want and need – to be loved unconditionally for who we really are

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Mar 20, 2008 Nancy rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Nanci Milone Hill, Christine Jenkins

Shelves: lgbt-books, march-2008, young-adult-interest, own, latina-interest

Cuban-American teen Laura gets thrown out of school and home all on the same day, when her relationship with another girl is discovered. She and Marlena are forcibly separated, and Laura must decide whether going straight, if she can pull it off, is worth it, in order to be allowed home. Interesting issues of class and culture come up.

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Apr 04, 2010 Lydia rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: ya-lgbt

This is a powerful book about a teen lesbian coming to terms with her sexual orientation and identity within the heavily religious (Catholic) Cuban culture in Miami. The opening takes your breath away as you experience the ultimate humiliation, sitting in your uniform, as the nun reads your love letter from your lesbian partner of two years. From there, you know it is not going to get better any times soon.

Despite the painful opening and the wrenching middle, the ending of this book yells joy. I...more

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Aug 27, 2008 Teresa Rodriguez rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: All

This book will strike a chord with anyone who is or has been a teen. Mayra Dole has woven a moving and funny story with lively and unique Miami characters. It encompasses some essential elements: love, rejection, humor, and determination. I enjoyed it immensely!

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Sep 22, 2012 Jd rated it 5 of 5 stars

The characters in the paperback/kindle 2012 edition (black cover with two girls about to kiss of which I hear is very different from original book) are like Miami landscapes : they can be loose, colorful, manicured, chaotic, gorgeous, ugly or WILD. I enjoyed Mayra Lazara Dole’s writing style and the way she kept Shai humble, funny and introspective from beginning to end. Unlike most Latina's in literature, Shai is a fun, highly intelligent, artistic thinking person. She and her unusual friends m...more

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Jul 31, 2010 Kelly rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: glbtq, ya

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Nov 16, 2008 Kelly rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: young-adult

Tortillera/lesbian Laura gets kicked out of her mother's house for being "abnormal" and an embarassment to her family. It's an honest portrayal of queer life in Cuban-influenced Florida.

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Jul 10, 2011 Catherine rated it 3 of 5 stars

I debated about the 4th star, but decided it was because I had just finished Torn. Down to the Bone is a story about a Cuban-American teenage girl living in Miami in the process of coming out. The story is told over a year, so you get a feel for her process and also get to know other teenage girls in her queer community (femme, butch, genderqueer, and boi), as well as supportive straight friends. Laura struggles with her love for her mother and brother and trying to figure out her sexual orienta...more

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Jul 18, 2010 Jennifer W rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: ya

An OK story. Cuban-American Laura has been in a relationship with Marlena for two years when a nun at her Catholic school finds a love letter and she gets kicked out of school and home. Marlena then is sent to Puerto Rico to marry a guy. Laura spends the rest of the novel trying to figure out her sexuality and discovering the teen gay scene in Miami. The writing around her confusion and hurt is realistic enough, but the interactions with her friends was sometimes corny. I probably would have giv...more

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Feb 19, 2009 Melody rated it 3 of 5 stars

I'm deeply conflicted about this book. While I loved the exuberance and sheer playfulness of the writing, it wasn't particularly tight writing- there was much meandering and several odd dangling plot elements. There is a lot going on in this book, some of which rings achingly, miserably true. The friendship between the main characters is lovely. It must be insanely hard to grow up gay and Cuban-American, and I think this book is a very welcome addition to the small body of literature for teens l...more

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Sep 19, 2012 Frances rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: didn-t-finish, ya, read-in-2009, lgbtq

Ugh, hard to get into. Laury's relationship with her girlfriend is way over the top and there's no history for it, so it just seems sappy and kind of gross. I didn't buy into the characters or the dialogue despite trying to keep an open mind. After all, what do I know about the Cuban gay scene in Miami?. Too much seemed like it was thrown in for shock value. Possibly the thing that bothered me most was that the adults were so one-dimensional. Some of the secondary characters, like Tazer, were dr...more

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Jan 23, 2009 Angela rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: dating, family, identity, lgbt, young-adult

By trying to fill the void where lesbian characters of color should be in YA lit, Doyle seems to have tried to cover every possible problem one could face as a lesbian teen of color, creating a book that is certainly filled to overflowing with colorful characters, but becomes a bit of a mess along the way. Here the whole plot focuses on being gay, rather than a gay character leading the story.

Additionally, way too often the writing was weak and sloppy, telling us about the characters way more of...more

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Jan 08, 2009 faelinwolf rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: librarylove

Know what I really liked about this book? It talked about transgender issues without making it seem totally weird and freaky. There was even a prominent character who was transgendered.

I didn't like the tone about bisexuals as much, but that could have been the reflection of the culture's feelings on bisexuals as well, which is cool. And hey, at least they talked about bisexuals and there were bisexual characters!

Very sweet book about one young woman's coming out process and the cultural issues...more

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Nov 27, 2012 Michael Sedano rated it 4 of 5 stars

Full review here: http://labloga.blogspot.com/2012/11/r...

Down to the Bone is not a morality tale--though readers will find that. Dole's crafted a cautionary coming of age story that says a person is entitled to whatever happiness she can create. It says we live in parallel worlds, the gay world, the haters world, the world of the rest of us. Some of us pass back and forth into those worlds while others shut themselves and others out. All own the consequences of their acts.

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Sep 20, 2012 Melissa rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: ya-lit, class

While I think the plot could have formed an excellent book, I was very disappointed in Dole's writing style. I felt like she was pushing way too hard to make Shai into a hip, relatable teen. Shai constantly uses slang phrases and awkward metaphors that don't fit a teenager's lifestyle, and she and her friends are involved in a whirlwind of activities that most teens never dream of doing. The whole book was a colorful whirlwind of action and drama, but it lacked the underlying introspection that...more

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Jul 12, 2012 Kelsey rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: contemporary-realistic-fiction, high-school, lgbtq, multicultural, romance, spanish-english

Age: High School

A great contribution to the GLBTQ literary genre in YA for it's unique subject matter, including Laura being in a long-term lesbian relationship without familiarity --and sometimes rejection--of the queer scene and her lesbian identity. Furthermore, the character is Cuban-American and the complexity of coming out as a Catholic. However, the superfluous writing style went beyond stylistic flavor and into downright boring. While I cared about the characters enough to want to know t...more

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Jun 24, 2009 J.M. rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: young-adult, glbt

At 17, Laura Amores is a Cuban teenager in Miami who attends a Catholic high school. But when she is caught reading a letter from a friend and not paying attention to the class, the nun reads the letter aloud. Turns out, the missive is from Laura's girlfriend, and details an intimate relationship Laura has kept hidden from everyone.

Suddenly friends Laura has known her whole life turn on her. Her own mother is mortified at her immoral behavior and throws her out of the house, refusing to speak to...more At 17, Laura Amores is a Cuban teenager in Miami who attends a Catholic high school. But when she is caught reading a letter from a friend and not paying attention to the class, the nun reads the letter aloud. Turns out, the missive is from Laura's girlfriend, and details an intimate relationship Laura has kept hidden from everyone.

Suddenly friends Laura has known her whole life turn on her. Her own mother is mortified at her immoral behavior and throws her out of the house, refusing to speak to or even see her until she decides to become straight. Even the girlfriend seems to buy into that mentality, returning to Puerto Rico when her brother discovers their relationship and choosing to settle down into a loveless marriage instead of fighting for her heart's desire.

The only people who stick by Laura is her childhood friend, Soli, and Soli's mother, Viva. They take her in when she has nowhere left to go, and they love her unconditionally. Soli, an over-the-top hairdresser with a zest for life, tries to convince Laura to embrace her sexuality. But the pain of being outed in front of her classmates, coupled with being shunned by her own family, has left Laura confused. If she weren't gay, none of this would have happened.

This story is a wonderful look at the confusion that many feel when they're on the path to discovering their own sexuality. Laura denies that she is gay -- her belief is that she was in love with a girl, but she can't say the words out loud, even to her new queer circle of friends, for fear of a rejection similar to that she suffered when she was first outed. So instead, she vacillates between a growing attraction to a beautiful girl she meets at a gay club and the desire to be accepted as "normal" and "straight." Throw in a growing friendship with a confident lesbian who self-identifies as a "boi," Soli's unrelenting pressure to own up to her own heart, and her mother's continuous cold shoulder, and the reader will find it hard to put this book down until the very end.

Laura's journey rings true. Many times I found myself frustrated with her, only because she couldn't readily embrace who she was, but I had to keep reminding myself she was only 17. The road to self-acceptance is a hard one, for anybody, and the author doesn't go easy on her character. Laura is torn apart emotionally, her life a roller coaster that anyone who remembers their own turbulent teenage years will identify with all too well. When she finally begins to figure things out for herself, the change is vividly written:

"Something comes over me. I feel as if I've finally taken off a tight iron mask that I've been wearing all my life."

"It's about finally letting go of the fear that didn't allow me to be who I truly am."

There is something for everyone in Laura's story, whether gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans, genderqueer, or questioning. Through her tale, she grows into a stronger person, more sure of herself and her heart. In the final pages of this book is a lesson we can all embrace, an acceptance not only of ourselves but of others around us, as different as they may be. Laura learns to embrace her sexuality ~ and, through the process, learns who loves her unconditionally and, in return, is deserving of her love.(less)

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Born: Havana
Reared: Miami
Summers: New York & NJ
Moved to: Boston
Returned to: Miami

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