“[Naomi’s] voice and her convictions are clear. Her growth from passivity to activism to realizing some hard truths about growing up is especially striking, amid other outstanding characterizations.” — ALA Booklist (starred review)
“By highlighting issues of economic disparity, racism, and white privilege, Harris weaves a nuanced social narrative in which a Black teenager is forced to reckon with her white best friend’s racist actions. Complex.” — Publishers Weekly
“A critical approach to coming-of-age into Black adolescence. Explosive.” — Kirkus Reviews
"Nuanced and realistic. An important addition to high school and teen collections; hand to readers who have read I’m Not Dying with You Tonight by Kimberly Jones and Gilly Segal, The Black Kids by Christina Hammonds Reed, and Chlorine Sky by Mahogany L. Browne." — School Library Journal