In this debut contemporary YA romance by bestselling author Alisha Rai, a girl with undocumented family members goes viral after saving her crush's life in disguise. A must read for fans of Sandhya Menon and Nicola Yoon. A Phenomenal Book Club Pick!It's a classic story: girl meets boy, girl falls for boy, boy finally notices girl when he sees her in a homemade costume. At least, that's what Sonia Patil is hoping for when she plans to meet her crush at the local comic-con in cosplay.But instead of winning her crush over, Sonia rescues him after he faints into a canal and, suddenly, everything changes. Since she was in disguise, no one knows who the masked do-gooder was . . .but everyone is trying to find out. Sonia can't let that happen--her sister is undocumented, and the girls have been flying under the radar since their mother was deported back to Mumbai.Sonia finds herself hiding from social media detectives and trying to connect with her crush and his family. But juggling crushes and a secret identity might just take superpowers. Can Sonia hide in plain sight forever? A Secret Identity Romance: Sonia saved her crush's life, but she was in costume. Now the whole internet is looking for their mystery hero, and Sonia can't risk being found. Cosplay & Comic-Con Setting: She just wanted to impress her crush with her homemade cosplay. She never expected her comic-con plan to turn into a life-or-death rescue mission. An Undocumented Immigrant Story: With an undocumented sister at home and the memory of their mother's deportation still fresh, Sonia knows that fame could bring the wrong kind of attention to their family. Heroine Saves the Hero: Forget the damsel in distress. In this story, the girl in the mask is the one doing the saving--even if it means risking everything.
