Calliope wishes she didn't have Tourette's, wishes her mom wasn't always looking for a new boyfriend, and when that doesn't work out moving. Why can't they just be the two of them - staying in one place.
While their latest move isn't all that great - teasing, a new boyfriend for mom almost immediately - there is a boy. Jinsong lives next door and is different - he seems to accept her, maybe even like her.
This is told mostly in poetic narrative (Calliope) with some prose (Jinsong). It is a good look at Tourette's and some middle school struggles by an author who has Tourette's herself. Well done.
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