{"product_id":"messy-perfect","title":"Messy Perfect","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePerfect for fans of Mason Deaver and Becky Albertalli, this tender, raucous novel follows a rule-following, perfectionist teen who starts an underground GSA club at her conservative Catholic high school, from the acclaimed author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eKings, Queens, and In-Betweens\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCassie Perera is a star student in St. Luke's junior class. But the new school year brings an unwelcome surprise--the return to St. Luke's of Cassie's former friend, Ben, who left a few years ago after a homophobic bullying incident Cassie knows she didn't do enough to prevent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStill harboring guilt from her inaction, Cassie decides, in her usual, overzealous way, to team up with the neighboring public school to found an underground Gender and Sexuality Alliance--as a complicated strategy for making things up to Ben. Secretly, Cassie is also tempted by the possibility of opening up about her own sexuality for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs Cassie's new friends urge her out of her comfort zone, she unlocks a kind of joy and freedom she's never felt before--even as she struggles to balance these experiences with her typical tightrope of being the perfect daughter, student, and Catholic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCassie's perfectly curated life unravels into turmoil, but can she embrace the mess enough to piece together something new?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHardcover\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Quill Tree Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43826157125731,"sku":null,"price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/0198\/0771\/files\/messy_perfect.jpg?v=1762626670","url":"https:\/\/rollingrabbitbooks.com\/products\/messy-perfect","provider":"Rolling Rabbit Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}