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by Mallory Grant

A letter crosses expectations

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AlbakiReads Editorial

A letter crosses expectations

Art and friendship give Kinsley a foothold in a family centered on sports, while a letter meant for someone else brings him into contact with the popular captain of the school team. Both boys are carrying private struggles, and their exchange opens a connection shaped by mistaken assumptions about who is writing. The setup places LGBTQ+ identity, family pressure, loneliness, and the search for someone to confide in within a young-adult school story. Isabella, Kinsley’s talented Latina tagger friend, is also part of the social world around him.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in LGBTQ+ coming-of-age fiction
  • Readers drawn to stories about letters, unexpected connections, and school relationships
  • Readers interested in family pressure, friendship, and finding someone to confide in

Themes

LGBTQ+ identityFamily expectationsLoneliness and connectionArt and friendship

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Book overview

In a world where Kinsley's the odd one out in his sports-obsessed family, he finds solace in his art and his friendship with Isabella, a talented Latina tagger. When pressured by his parents to find a girlfriend, Kinsley takes a chance and delivers a letter to a girl he finds attractive, only to discover it ends up in the hands of the popular, yet lonely captain of the sports team. Despite his status, he hides behind his fake smile to disguise his sad home life. Having no one to talk to about anything real weighed in on him until one day he opened his locker and discovered a mysterious letter.

 

As they both navigate their own struggles, the mysterious letter becomes a catalyst for a connection neither of them expected. But what happens when they both discover that the other person on the side of the letter isn't a girl, but had been a boy all along?

 

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'I don't even know when these two stopped being characters of the book and became real for me. I feel like an invisible friend around them, feeling everything deep inside

 

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