Cover art by Brittany Jackson (beagifted.com), cover design by Amy Ryan

The Science of Friendship in 2024


Rylee Swanson is beginning eighth grade with zero friends.

A humiliating moment at the end-of-seventh-grade pool party involving a cannonball, a waterlogged updo, and some disappearing clothes has Rylee halfway convinced she's better off without any friends—at least friends like those.

The one question Rylee can't shake is . . . why?

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