Almost Sixteen: YA Fiction, Coming-of-Age Story & Teen School Romance Capturing First Love, Friendship Struggles & the Bittersweet Moments of Growing Up

Fifteen-year-old Ashwin has recently moved to a new city to live with his aunt and uncle. His parents—researchers away on an expedition to Antarctica—have left him no choice but to join a new school, and embark on the dreariest task of all: making new friends.

However, his bumbling attempts to fit in end in catastrophe, earning him ridicule and social isolation. That is, until he meets Avnoor, a poised and magnetic classmate who seems utterly out of reach. Hopelessly smitten, Ashwin becomes ...