Anything But Fine

Luca Mason's audition for the Australian Ballet School is exactly six months, thirteen days, and sixteen hours away. All that stands between him and the rest of his life is a few perfect pliés, a couple impeccable tendus, and a handful of flawless jetés. And Luca has them down — he's been training for this moment for over a decade. Until one missed step on a flight of stairs lands Luca in the hospital with a titanium plate screwed into his foot. No mobility in his foot means no more ballet. And no more ballet means no more prestigious arts scholarship, no more "Bunheads" group chats, and no more perfect future. But it's not all bad — as Luca settles into a life of doctor's appointments, unwieldy crutches, and absolutely no ballet (and no, he does not want to talk about it) he strikes up an unlikely friendship with the perfect-in-every-way rowing star of his new school, Jordan Tanaka-Jones. Jordan is gorgeous, popular, and (unfortunately) straight. Or, at least, people think he is — the flirty texts he's been sending Luca seem to suggest otherwise. As Luca and Jordan get closer, Luca begins to wonder: who is he without ballet? And how long can he stand being a skeleton in someone else's closet? With the heart and humor of Becky Albertalli's SIMON VS. THE HOMO SAPIENS AGENDA and Julian Winters' HOW TO BE REMY CAMERON, ANYTHING BUT FINE is a romantic, laugh-out-loud funny story about finding yourself (and maybe tripping a few times along the way).