Even with your best friend at your side, starting at a new school is challenging enough--but tenth-graders Akane and Chiyoko immediately find themselves contending with mean girls, giant robots, kaiju, and more.

Nicole Givens Kurtz has been named one of Book Riot’s 6 Black SFF Indie Writers You Should be Reading. She’s also a two-time Atomacon Palmetto Scribe Award winner.