* Originally published in Booklist
Small town Indiana girl Emma Nolan only wants one thing: to go to prom with her sweetheart. But her conservative town is determined to stop her, since the date she’s planning to bring to prom is a girl. And not just any girl, but Alyssa Greene, the president of the student council and daughter of the super mom/PTA president who wants nothing more than to see her daughter end up with a stereotypical jock. Tension builds when Emma takes a stand against the homophobia in her community and proclaims her right to take her date to prom, no matter her gender. In this novel adaptation from the original Broadway musical, Mitchell transforms Emma and Alyssa’s story from the stage to the page eloquently. Through the girls’ alternating first-person narratives, Mitchell provides differing perspectives on the coming-out experience as she conveys how Emma, a lesbian, faces homophobia from her peers as the direct result of religion, and how Alyssa, who’s also a lesbian, combats questions pertaining to the validity of her sexuality. A delightful read.
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