Not since Ordinary People have I read a book that speaks so well of what it feels like to be a teenager, or even just a person. I love books, and authors, that aren't afraid to acknowledge that life is HARD, that people can be awful to each other, and that in spite of that there is so much good that makes it all worth it.
Tye officially became one of my all-time heroes at that dance at the end. His reactions to everything that had happened are just so inspiring and hope-giving.