Paloma High School is as normal as any other, but it has its share of secrets. When scandal surfaces, seven teens tell their stories as all their secrets unfold.
Publisher’s Description:
“Seven students. Seven (deadly) sins. One secret.
Paloma High School is ordinary by anyone’s standards. It’s got the same cliques, the same prejudices, the same suspect cafeteria food. And like every high school, every student has something to hide—from Kat, the thespian who conceals her trust issues onstage, to Valentine, the neurotic genius who’s planted the seed of a school scandal.
When that scandal bubbles over, and rumors of a teacher-student affair surface, everyone starts hunting for someone to blame. For the seven unlikely allies at the heart of it all, the collision of their seven ordinary-seeming lives results in extraordinary change. ”
Genre: Contemporary
Representation:
Gender:
Cis boys: Valentine, Lucas, Matt
Cis girls: Olivia, Kat, Claire, Juniper
Sexual and Romantic Orientation
Lucas is pansexual
Valentine is asexual and aromantic
Race/Ethnicity:
Rumor is mixed Nigerian, Portuguese & Indian
Nyx has Cuban ancestry
Dahlia is Afro-Latinx
Jude and Braeden are white
Disability:
Valentine is on the autism spectrum
Additional Notes: Includes a student-teacher relationship, slut-shaming and a character being involuntarily outed.