THE IMMEASURABLE DEPTH OF YOU

Exiled to live with her father, 15-year-old queer girl Brynn faces a summer without the internet, her phone, or her friends.

When Brynn’s parents divorced, her father left Ohio to live off the grid on a houseboat in Florida. She hasn’t seen him since fifth grade, but now she is spending the next three months alone with him, all because she shared a post on Tumblr that she should have deleted, a post she now regrets. In the bayou, Brynn meets Skylar, a hot girl with sharp edges and a secret—she died five years ago. As Brynn gets to know Skylar, she hyperfixates on learning the truth about the circumstances surrounding her death. This haunting, heartbreaking, and healing coming-of-age story explores disability and mental illness by centering a character who is learning to acknowledge and navigate feeling overwhelmed by anxiety as well as ashamed of her diagnoses, which include OCD, ADHD, and seasonal affective disorder. Mora represents truthful, thorny complexity in Brynn’s relationships with her parents, who are supportive and hold themselves accountable for their mistakes. Themes of connection and community equally affirm the value of in-person and online relationships. Experiencing time away from screens helps highlight rather than dismiss the beauty and significance of Brynn’s engagement in artistic expression within fan communities. Main characters are White; there is racial diversity in the supporting cast.

Raw and compassionate.