After a summer spent laying low, trying to heal emotionally and physically, Valerie Leftman returns for her senior year at a school that is still reeling from her boyfriend, Nick’s, shocking act of violence. Although Val herself was injured trying to stop him, and even though she never suspected what Nick was planning, Valerie wishes she had never joined him in compiling that list of things and people they hated. As much as kids at school blame her for what happened, Val blames herself even more. Not feeling at all connected to her family and old friends, can Val find any peace by reaching out to another one of the victims? The Kirkus review notes that while the narrative is “appropriately complex”, scenes “writhe with pent-up emotion.” “Authentic and relevant, this debut is one to top the charts.”