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Something More by Jackie Khalilieh

A teen romance about a Palestinian Canadian in her first year of high school.

A teen romance about a Palestinian Canadian in her first year of high school

Something More by Jackie Khalilieh. Illustrated book cover of two boys and one girl in uniforms sitting on a ledge in front of a brick building and a tree.
Something More is a YA contemporary novel by Jackie Khalilieh. (Tundra Books)

Fifteen-year-old Jessie, a quirky loner obsessed with the nineties, is diagnosed as autistic just weeks before starting high school. Determined to make a fresh start and keep her diagnosis a secret, Jessie creates a list of goals that range from acquiring two distinct eyebrows to getting a magical first kiss and landing a spot in the school play. Within the halls of Holy Trinity High, she finds a world where things are no longer black and white and quickly learns that living in color is much more fun. But Jessiegets more than she bargained for when two very different boys steal her heart, forcing her to go off-script.(From Tundra Books)