When Nick meets the new boy, Alex, he's elated. He hopes he can make a new friend who didn't know him as the clumsy seventh grader that everyone made fun of four years ago. But Alex doesn't say a single word or make a single sound when Nick meets him. In fact, Nick has never heard Alex's voice before, even a month into twelfth grade. The weird thing is, no one seems to notice that fact - no one besides Nick. Nick has no idea how or why, but he wants to find out.
Alex has a big secret. He's not what he seems, not one bit. He's not a normal teenage highschooler, he doesn't have as bad grades as he's making it seem, and he's not even a he. Alex - short for Alexandri, possibly the weirdest name in the history of names. Did I mention she's an undercover teenage spy disguised as a boy?
All thanks to a malfunctioning bobby pin, Alex's long hair and femininness is revealed to Nick from under her baseball cap. Worlds collide - that of the ordinary and unordianry - and neither of the two are safe. Throw in Alex's new mission, snooping parents, and Nick's new, protective girlfriend, and you have yourself one heck of a mess.
Ella is falling apart trying to live a "perfect" high school life. Then she meets Ren, who can see past her scars. Suddenly perfection isn't her only option.
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Ella Volkov is a gifted music student, but she's depressed and starting to crack under the pressure of high school. Her overbearing father won't even let her choose what instrument she plays. Then she finds herself alone at a party with Ren, her best friend's crush. She'd always thought he was rude, but after that night he's all Ella can think about. Now she's trapped. If Ella dates Ren, it will ruin her friendship with Jenny. But if she stays true to Jenny, she's losing the one person who can see past her scars. It's up to Ella to decide if she will forge her own path, or stay in the "perfect" box designed for her...
Content and/or Trigger Warning: depression, anxiety, self-harm, violence, sexual assault.
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