On the Edge of Gone

The main character was well-handled, as was her trans sister, and it's great to have an autistic protagonist written by an autistic author. But I did feel that the actions of the secondary characters were mainly driven by the plot, rather than by plausible individual motivations. There were attempts at other types of diversity, with Muslim and physically disabled side characters, but these felt rather awkwardly handled, with references to their faith and disabilities shoehorned in rather than thoroughly considered. And the plot felt a bit back-and-forth, rather than a clear arc. Many of the things I didn't love about this book are things I dislike about YA in general, though, so if you're a fan of YA then you'll probably enjoy this more than I did.