▁manager ▁of ▁the ▁school ' s ▁theatre ▁production ▁of ▁Joseph ▁and ▁the ▁Techn icol or ▁Dream co at . ▁ ▁Martin ▁Add ison ▁– ▁One ▁of ▁Le ah ' s ▁class m ates ▁who ▁is ▁univers ally ▁dis lik ed ▁by ▁the ▁majority ▁of ▁the ▁characters ▁because ▁he ▁black ma iled ▁and ▁later ▁out ed ▁Simon . ▁ ▁Jess ica ▁Ke ane ▁– ▁Le ah ' s ▁mother . ▁A ▁lawyer ▁to ▁whom ▁Le ah ▁is ▁very ▁close . ▁Le ah ▁tells ▁her ▁everything , ▁including ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁she ▁is ▁bis ex ual . ▁ ▁Well s ▁– ▁Jess ica ' s ▁new ▁boy friend . ▁Le ah ▁dis lik es ▁him ▁because ▁he ▁is ▁older ▁and ▁says ▁things ▁like ▁" oh ▁f ud ge ". ▁C ait lin ▁– ▁Abb y ' s ▁cousin ' s ▁girl friend ' s ▁friend ' s ▁sister ▁who ▁lets ▁Abb y ▁and ▁Le ah ▁stay ▁in ▁her ▁a partment . ▁ ▁Crit ical ▁reception ▁Le ah ▁on ▁the ▁Off be at ▁has ▁received ▁positive ▁reviews . ▁Book list ▁noted ▁that ▁Albert al li ▁" has ▁a ▁fant astic ▁ear ▁for ▁voice , ▁and ▁it ’ s ▁beautiful ly ▁on ▁display ▁in ▁Le ah ’ s ▁fun ny , ▁w ry , ▁and ▁vulner able ▁first - person ▁narr ative ." ▁The ▁entertain ment ▁site ▁H ype able ▁pra ised ▁the ▁story , ▁Le ah ' s ▁character ization , ▁and ▁" a ▁voice ▁to ▁another ▁wave ▁of ▁L GB T Q + ▁youth ".