The Mischief of Us

Elliot Bennett has no grand expectations of high school, especially now, having entered his junior year. It is already hard enough to make it in time for class, and navigate the shoddy ramps as a wheelchair user. So he is content with the simple things - getting good grades, crocheting cute patterns, and making memories with his small group of friends. Sure, he’d love to date a boy, have his first kiss, and get to go on a date - however, he knows that’s a mere fantasy.But the arrival of a large new family in town will turn his and many others’ worlds upside down.Ruka Exume-Ozeki is many, and plenty of things. He is Haitian-Japanese, he is a quintuplet, a brother of 10 siblings, fuzzy-brained with flimsy executive functioning, and a proud single father to his 6 precious rat boys. But now his father’s new job has moved their whole family across the country! And sure, he has his siblings to rely on, perhaps too much.But when the livelihood of a small critter is put at stake, Ruka must do everything to save their life, and by the twists and twirls of the universe, Elliot is wrapped in his web of plans he certainly didn’t sign up for. But damn Elliot’s heart for fancying this silly rat boy of all!