Porker, Fatty, Tons-of-Fun: Crowley Fredericks has heard it all. He s dropped a lot of weight since his high school days, but he s still a big guy, and the painful words and bullying follow him. Rejected again because of his size, Crowley is starting to think that maybe love just isn t meant for huskier men.

Averell Lang and his twin are so different they might as well not even be related. So when Rell s brother brings his roommate home to snowy Susset for the holidays, Rell expects the worst another uptight, pretentious hipster. What he discovers instead is Crowley. Nerdy, fascinating,...

Isa Zaman might forgive his parents for taking in a friend s son if only he wasn't the most boring teenager in the universe. Macklin Mackie Cormack s only interests are reading and the outdoors. Yeah, right. Isa's convinced Mackie is either a pyro or a klepto. Plus, as a white kid, Mackie looks ridiculous in the Zamans' Arab American household. Forced to share a bedroom, the boys keep butting heads until an absurd fight finally breaks the tension between them.

Isa s just starting to figure life out: this new houseguest, his cultural identity, school, and even girls, when the entire...