description: Sixteen-year-old Rose Bellwick is the terror of Gillsberry Academy. After rotating through five roommates and a girlfriend, she is eager for expulsion. The last thing she wants is a shot at redemption.After another bloody fight, Rose again finds herself in the office, but a new roommate wasn’t what she expected. Especially one as unique as Lily Lockwood, a girl who happily trades homeschool for the unknown of Gillsberry. Despite a severe visual impairment, Lily is eager to prove she is one hundred percent normal. Rose meanwhile wants her never to forget she is one hundred percent not.To Rose and the rest of Gillsberry, Lily may as well be an alien with a cane. An oddity that Rose happily torments both inside their dorm room and out. However, Rose didn’t count on the resilience or the pushback.As her original motivation drains, an unexpected friendship blooms. The girl Rose wishes so much to leave now occupies most of her thoughts. And while it satisfies Lily to have her first friend, Rose can’t help but want more. Together the two set out on a journey meshed in inexperience.
title: Blurry