Farieh. . . She has been brilliant her entire life. But the academic success so dazzling her freshman year proves uneven in the second, while violence and betrayal stalk her most intimate relationships. Momentous happenings rarely lead you in a straight line. A comfortable path may take you to a place not comfortable at all. Does she stay with Steven? How does she fight for her community? Can she hold onto her truth when thousands of her classmates clamor that she lay it down? Farieh must summon all of her gifts to sort through hard choices familiar to young people everywhere