Hope stays with her sister in New York while her parents are away on a trip. Unable to stand her sister and her sister's husband, Hope ends up working as a live-in nanny for a lesbian couple. Then she finds herself falling for a girl named Nat and has to sort out her feelings.

This is not my favorite GLBTQ book by any stretch of the imagination - for me and for most readers, I think it simplifies things a bit too much. But as a high-low book, it is fabulous.

High-low books are designed for people who have trouble reading - not people who don't like to read - people who are "below reading level," for whatever the reason. This type of book has simple vocabulary and straightforward plots but deals with subjects that teens or adults would be more interested in. Just because someone has a low reading level, shouldn't mean they have to be confined to reading kids books. The imprint Orca Soundings specializes in this type of book. ( )

This was lovely, from the initial scene at the airport to the conclusion - for such a short piece, I was surprised how well Hope's character was developed.

I think this would be an excellent coming-out novel to give to a reluctant teen reader, if they fancy girls or boys - it reads well as a romance, it isn't an after-schooly issue story. Maybe not one for boys, I think, though.

While there is some mention of sex and drug use, nothing is graphic. ( )