In this cute and queer contemporary middle grade comedy about friendship, first crushes, and first kisses, twelve-year-old Noah Frye comes up with a foolproof plan to teach herself how to have a crush on a boy to fit in better with her friendsāonly to discover sheās been looking in the wrong place, and her crush was right beside her all along . . .
Noah Frye just had the Best Summer Ever. Not only did she have an epic time at science camp, but her new camp friend Jessa is going to Noahās school in the fall. Noah canāt wait to introduce Jessa to her best friends Zoey and Luna when classes start. But when the friend group is reunited after their summer apart, something seems to have changed: Zoey and Luna have discovered boys, and now itās all they want to obsess over.
Suddenly, it feels like Noah is the odd one out in their friend group, especially since Noah hasnāt ever even considered boys in that way. When Noah finds herself caught in a lie about having a boy crush of her own, she decides sheāll do anything to fit in with her friends againāeven if that means using the scientific method. Noahās crush experiment is simple: find a boy, fake a crush until it turns real, and get her friends back. But that might be easier said than done, especially when Noah canāt stop thinking about Jessa. What ensues is a hilarious and heartwarming turn of events in this queer contemporary middle grade story about friendship, first crushes, and self-discovery.