Finalist for the 2021 SCBWI Golden Kite/Best Illustrated Book

Finalist for the 2021 LAMBDA Literary Awards/Best Children's Book

 

(Starred Review) “ A pure and perfect capture of first love, joyful and painful in the worries and doubt; the love on the page is so vivid it raises goosebumps of veracity and provides parents with a model to share with any child in the throes of a lasting crush.”

  ~ SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL  December 2020