SuitabookBelonging and conformity
Mint’s nonconformist style attracts people at school, challenging Lane’s expectations about who is accepted.
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Kristen Tracy - Author
A school friendship story about belonging, social status and the pressure to conform. Lane’s cousin Mint unsettles the existing social order, leaving Lane caught between protecting someone, preserving friendship and wanting life restored.
Lane Cisco loves, loves, loves her life at Rio Chama Middle School—until her offbeat cousin comes for an extended visit and turns everything upside down. With her individual sense of style and nonconformist attitude, Angelina "Mint" Taraval is everything Lane isn't. And instead of branding her a loser the way Lane and her friends expect, people actually want to hang out with her. Including the boys Lane and her best friend, Ava, like. When Ava comes up with a plan to ruin Mint, Lane feels stuck. She doesn't want to be mean . . . but she doesn't really want to stick up for her weird cousin either. Why can't things go back to the way they were before Mint arrived?
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Sign in for personalised guidanceA school friendship story about belonging, social status and the pressure to conform. Lane’s cousin Mint unsettles the existing social order, leaving Lane caught between protecting someone, preserving friendship and wanting life restored.
Mint’s nonconformist style attracts people at school, challenging Lane’s expectations about who is accepted.
Lane feels stuck between her friendship with Ava, her family connection to Mint and her reluctance to defend Mint openly.
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