The Notorious R(uth) B(arakat) G(rimaldi)

Ruth doesn't mind being the 15 year-old daughter of her small central California town of Warren's only openly gay couple. Her dads are great. Mostly. She doesn't even mind that they're both lawyers, and that they want her to be a lawyer. It's a noble profession. She also doesn't mind that they named her after the amazing and incredible Ruth Bader Ginsburg. After all, she was born on the day that unstoppable dynamo was named to the highest court in the land, and she has the same initials, because of her dads' last names. And again, they're cool people. And she's going to be a lawyer, just like that other RBG herself.
She does kind of mind being dumped by her super hot boyfriend Brett right before the start of her junior year of high school, especially when it's because she won't go as far as he wants her to.
And she really minds when her (former) best friend Amelia is waiting to snag him up, because apparently she's more than willing to go that far, and then some.
It makes for a lonely first day of school, you know?
Throw in the fact that Ruthie isn't super sure she wants to be a lawyer at all (shh, don't tell her dads), and yeah, well, you can see how things might be a little, well, up in the air.
Ruthie likes to sing and dance and act and stuff. But her dads think that's frivolous. You'd think they'd be a bit more supportive, seeing as how...well, you know.
Anyway, it doesn't help that on this totally horrible first day of junior year, there's a new kid, which never happens in her boring little home town. His name is Elliott Banks, and not only is he new, he's foreign. Sort of. He's from London. Yeah. And he likes living in Warren about as much as you'd expect someone from London to like it. He looks so angry, just surly and furious. And sad. And so, so...hot. It's unsettling, you know? How's a girl supposed to be on an even keel when her life's just careening all over the place like this? Isn't small town life supposed to be quiet? Boring?