Say What You Will

Say What You Will by Cammie McGovern, 343 pages

Amy was born premature, and with a degenerative disease that has left her unable to do many things on her own, including talk. Now that she's a high school senior, she and her parents have decided to give her a shot at socializing with her peers by hiring peer helpers to aid her each day at school. Matthew is one of those peer helpers, who is (not-so-)secretly struggling with his own issues in the form of undiagnosed obsessive-compulsive disorder. As things often develop in YA books, the two become friends, and possibly more, as the plot progresses.

This was a good, quick read in the vein of The Fault in Our Stars (with a healthy dose of Eleanor and Park thrown in). McGovern made it a point to show that these disabled kids are more than their disabilities, much like John Green did in TFIOS, but didn't make them superhuman. Was it a tad predictable at times? Yes. Is it in the same league as John Green? Not really. But it was good, and offered a look at some issues that kids may not normally see.