{"product_id":"come-home-to-my-heart-9781454957119","title":"Come Home to My Heart","description":"\u003cb\u003eGorgeous in its sincerity and its precision--in its raw, honest depiction of what it feels like to be a gay teen in a world that says that you don't deserve a home.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eGloria Forman\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eXia Harper\u003c\/b\u003e go to the same high school in a small South Carolina town, but they couldn't be more different. While Gloria is part of the popular, Christian crowd, Xia sleeps through class, antagonizes anyone who dares talk to her, and buries herself in books that help her pretend she's somewhere else--anywhere that being lesbian wouldn't be a waking nightmare. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When the two form an accidental friendship, they begin noticing each other in ways they promised themselves they'd avoid. After all, Xia's isolation is self-imposed for a reason, and the last thing Gloria needs is more upheaval, especially after her parents kicked her out of the house for being gay. Ever since, she has spent her nights under the stage in the school auditorium and her days terrified of being discovered. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Xia just wants to keep her head down until the end of senior year. Gloria just wants to keep her living situation quiet until her parents come around. But as their feelings for each other intensify and the truths they've hidden work their way to the surface, what they \u003ci\u003etruly\u003c\/i\u003e want will change forever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRiley Redgate\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of four YA novels, including \u003ci\u003eSeven Ways We Lie\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAlone Out Here\u003c\/i\u003e. Her fifth YA novel, \u003ci\u003eLook No Further\u003c\/i\u003e, was published under her real name, Rioghnach Robinson, and was co-written with her sister, Siofra Robinson. Riley grew up in North Carolina and now lives in Chicago.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Union Square \u0026 Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51254199353618,"sku":"9781454957119","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2c259ada-ccdd-441c-ad8e-5860bbf231f1.jpg?v=1746314270","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/come-home-to-my-heart-9781454957119","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}