Is the letter Z always dark purple? Have you ever wished the agonizing death of the blue ringed octopus' bite on anyone?

And if you were gay, would that help you understand a young transgender girl?

Everything sixteen-year-old Simon Fitzroy-Hunt loves is in England.There's his school, his boyfriend, his cat, and especially OxfordUniversity, which Simon plans to attend just as his beloved late fatherplanned. But all of Simon's certainties come crashing down when hismother remarries and drags him to Boston with her.