From the first ever poet in residence at Lincoln center comes a bold coming of age story told verse about a young woman who loses a best friend but finds herself in the process. The joys of basketball, the tumult of high school, and the bonds of family are lyrically woven together in this must read novel. We follow Sky, a teenage girl, as she navigates her everyday life, such as playing basketball, going to the pool and the mall, and hanging out with her friends, while also dealing with problems of a disintegrating friendship, constant jabs from her older sister, and first loves. Sky is a usually quiet girl, who has been told by so many people to make herself "small" and she believes that is her duty. The place she can be loud and angry is on the basketball court.                                                                     Things start changing for Sky when her best friend stops talking to her and Sky is faced with the reality that maybe, just maybe, that friendship was doomed from the get go. Lay Li always shone brightly, like a sun, Sky was forced into her shadow, but now she gets a chance to shine and be her truest self as well.