A BookRiot Recommended Read "Simonet (author of Wilder, BCCB 11/18) writes with fierce, compact lyricism of the intimacy of such a sibling relationship and the understanding that Alex's familiarity with Georgie and his cohort brings her about the world ("Normies live in a gated cognitive community"), making it a loving challenge to the medical model of disability. Readers emerging from the pandemic's darkest shadows will empathize with Alex's experience, and they'll appreciate her philosophy: "You're not like everybody else. But neither is everybody else." -- Bulletin for the Center of Children's Books , starred review "Simonet illustrates the tenuous line between hope and despair that Alex walks as she makes pivotal choices in a world turned inside out." -- Publishers Weekly "Simonet holds raw humanity up to the light and throws all of life's jumbled mess together, showing, for example, guilt alongside romance. This book reveals a society forced to shift dramatically, something that feels particularly poignant post-2020. Simonet's portrayals include the "Nation of Difference," or the world of disabled people and their families who are shown leading lives that are difficult and joyful, full of nervous fear and also full of love." -- Kirkus Reviews "A mirror for teens responsible for caretaking younger siblings .

given the ubiquitous uncertainty of the pandemic, many young people will also recognize the feeling of being powerless." -- School Library Journal.