Clancy is a misfit with a dysfunctional family dealing with her major crush on Sasha, the hottest girl in town. When her dad is involved in a hit and run that kills two teens, the town starts to turn hostile, and people’s attitudes start changing.
Publisher’s Description
We’re sitting there with matching milkshakes, Sasha and me, and somehow, things aren’t going like I always thought they would. We’re face to face under 24-hour fluorescents with the thoroughly unromantic buzz of aircon in our ears and endless flabby wedges of seated trucker’s arsecrack as our only visual stimulus.
In a dead-end town like Barwen a girl has only got to be a little different to feel like a freak. And Clancy, a typical sixteen-year-old misfit with a moderately dysfunctional family, a genuine interest in Nature Club and a major crush on the local hot girl, is packing a capital F.
As the summer begins, Clancy’s dad is involved in a road smash that kills two local teenagers. While the family is dealing with the reaction of a hostile town, Clancy meets someone who could possibly—at last—become a friend. Not only that, the unattainable Sasha starts to show what may be a romantic interest.
In short, this is the summer when Clancy has to figure out who the hell she is.
Genre: Contemporary
Representation:
Gender:
Cis girls: Clancy
Sexual Orientation:
Lesbian/Queer: Clancy
Romantic Orientation:
Homoromantic: Clancy
Race/Ethnicity:
Indigenous: Clancy
Trigger warning: death