Raise the universe

Everyone thinks they know Libby Strout, the girl once dubbed “America’s fattest teen.” But no one looked past her weight to find out who she really was. After her mother died, she was picking herself up in the privacy of her home, dealing with her grieving father and her own grief. Now, Libby is ready: for high school, for new friends, for love, for every opportunity life has to offer. In that moment, I know the role I want to play here at MVB High School. I want to be the girl who can do anything. Everyone thinks they know Jack Maslin, too. Yes, he has an ego, but he’s also mastered the art of giving people what they want, the art of fitting in. What no one knows is that Jack has a newly acquired secret: He can’t recognize faces. Even his brothers are strangers to him. He’s the guy who can reengineer and rebuild anything in new and innovative ways, but he doesn’t understand what’s going on in his own mind. So he convinces himself to stay calm: Be charming. Be funny. Don’t get too close to anyone. Until he meets Libby. When the two get involved in a cruel school game—which ends up with them doing group counseling and community service—Libby and Jack are furious, then surprised. The more time they spend together, the less alone they feel... because sometimes meeting someone changes the world, their world and yours.