Redwood and Ponytail

2020 Odyssey Honor Award2020 Rainbow Booklist Title NCTE 2020 Notable Poetry Book ALSC Notable Children’s RecordingsKate and Tam meet, and both of their worlds tip sideways.

At first, Tam figures Kate is your stereotypical cheerleader; Kate sees Tam as another tall jock. And the more they keep running into each other, the more they surprise each other.

Beneath Kate's sleek ponytail and perfect façade, Tam sees a goofy, sensitive, lonely girl. And Tam's so much more than a volleyball player, Kate realizes: She's everything Kate wishes she could be.

It's complicated. Except it's not. When Kate and Tam meet, they fall in like. It's as simple as that. But not everybody sees it that way. This novel in verse about two girls discovering their feelings for each other is a universal story of finding a way to be comfortable in your own skin.