Eden Jones is an ace, bi and non binary teen with social anxiety, who has told their mother they have many friends at their new school. The problem is... they don't. So when Eden's mom throws a party and invites what she thinks is Eden's friends, Eden has to try to befriend them for real.

Asking For A Friend is a middle grade story about queerness, friendship, finding the people who you finally feel free to be yourself with, and being honest with yourself and people around you.
It's queer joy at its best.
There are so many forms of queerness in this book, through Eden's identities and their new friends (trans, lesbian, genderqueer, mental health issues, foster care rep...). None of these kids are perfect and that feels so real and honest and true and even more important when they accept each other as they are and form the best friendgroup you could imagine.

I can imagine this book being so important in the hands (and in the hearts) of young readers, wether they're queer or questioning or simply wanting to learn more about queerness.

As an ace, bi, non binary person with social anxiety and who has struggled to develop new friendships, this book felt like a soothing hug for my inner child and my current adult mind who knows it took so long to accept all of this about me and who would have loved to have stories who represented me like this one does.