Going Overboard

Going Overboard by Caroline Huntoon follows Piper Shapiro, who has the best mum in the world: Noura, a single parent by choice who always has a plan. Whether it’s for a spontaneous Saturday adventure or helping Piper navigate middle school as a nonbinary kid, Piper and Noura are a package deal, and they tell each other everything. At least, they used to.

Everything changes when Noura invites Piper out to dinner with her girlfriend Gwinny, and Gwinny's son, Colton—a boy Piper knows, and doesn't exactly get along with. Piper panics as the realisation hits: Noura and Gwinny are serious about each other. Suddenly, Piper's life as half of a duo has an expiration date, and ze is horrified.

To halt any potential wedding bells, Piper concocts a plan: break up the parents and maintain the status quo. When Gwinny surprises everyone with a get-to-know-each-other cruise for spring break, Piper's game is on, and Colton is in on it. The two of them work hard to make it clear that they are not one big happy family, even though it turns out that Colton might not be so bad after all.

But when things with Operation Break Up go a bit too far, Piper starts to question everything and realises that maybe a little change isn't a bad thing.