Miranda isn’t sure if she is transgendered or a lesbian. When Cal, a gay boy her age comes to stay next door for the summer, they become close. Even though they are opposites, they are both outsiders, and their friendship blossoms over the summer. Could there be romance despite their differences?<br><br>Then twins Ada and Van move into the neighborhood, and Miranda finds herself torn between them. She can’t decide who she’s more attracted to -- Ada, who may be lesbian, or Van, who is transgendered. Will she find love with one of them instead?

A Rare and Beautiful Thing

Ada had copied her costume from the picture on the cover of the book. I looked at Nell and she looked at me and nodded; yep, we looked like the undead to the glory that was Zenda and even Lord Ellington. Even Curly was better dressed, although he’d altered his expensive cat costume with glow in the dark glitter and devil horns.


“Meow!” he said happily, pretending to bite us.


Chapter 9