This book changed my life as a queer teenager a decade ago. Perhaps that's why it gets such a high rating at my current age: it was informative and influential at a time when queerness as a topic wasn't openly broached in teen literature. 

Sáenz's writing is simple, concise, but hard-hitting, perfectly capturing the struggles of feeling alienated and angry at the world when you're young.

Ari and Dante are so near and dear to my heart. I love this book with every fibre of my being!