Lucia Cruz is turning eighteen this year. She should be having a debut, but she is not the debutante type. Everything about a traditional Filipino debut feels wrong for her. Besides, custom dictates that eighteen friends attend her her debut, and Lucia only has one friend-Esmé.
But Esmé wants something different out of her senior year. And, on top of that, Lucia's mom has planned a debutante ball for her birthday behind her back. She'll be forced to cobble together a court before her beloved lola arrives from the Philippines.
How far will Lucia stray from her comfort zone in order to appease her family-while staying true to herself? Packed with humor and heart, this is an unforgettable novel by a powerful voice in YA fiction.
