things i should have known
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Last published Tue, Dec 18, 2018
Chloe Mitchell, a popular Los Angeles girl who's decided that her older sister Ivy, whos on the autism spectrum, could use a boyfriend. Chloe already has someone in mind: Ethan fields, sweet, movie obsessed boy from Ivy's special needs class.
It's too bad that Ethan's older brother David is one of chloe's least favourite people. But Chloe can handle it, especially one she realises is just as devoted to Ethan as she is to Ivy. As Chloe,Ivy,David and Ethan bond over frozen yogurt dates and movie nights, Chloe is forced to confront her own romantic choices- and the realisation that it's okay to be a different kind of normal.
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