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Genre
Coming-of-age drama
Tone
Emotionally tense, intimate, messy, bittersweet
Themes
* Growing apart without meaning to
* Loyalty versus change
* Jealousy that hides grief
* The strange guilt of "winning" a friendship
* How people become different versions of themselves in high school
Setting
A small town where everyone has known each other since childhood. Most of the story takes place during the first year of high school - hallways that smell like cheap cleaner, late-night phone calls, bus rides home, sleepovers that stop happening without anyone officially ending them.