Thanks for Listening is a realistic fiction young adult novel that follows the high school senior, Mia, through her last high school musical. She finally got the position of stage manager, but no one will listen to her! That is, until she finds her voice as an anonymous help channel on social media. Through this journey, she falls in love with the mysterious new girl, and has to navigate the challenges of dating someone with lots of rumors swirling around them. As the show comes to a close, her identity is discovered and her two best friends resent her for it. Her girlfriend guides her through a discussion about real friends and honesty. My favorite part of the book (besides the main character’s name of course) is the end, where all the theatre kids lay in the grass together after the spring show. I also love how supportive her brother is and how Mia’s relationship wasn’t the main focus of the book. I wouldn’t call this a romance novel because the relationship is less drama than I expected, they really just laid their feelings on the table and started dating, just like that. I would recommend this book to freshmen (especially theatre kids).