The Color of Milk

Selma was born as her mother died in childbirth, and her step-aunt stands as living proof that men only bring trouble. The eleven-year-old then makes a pact with her closest friends to shun boys and devote themselves to science. She also suspects she was born on another planet and is not meant to fall in love. Yet everything changes when her friends break the pact and she encounters a boy who is unlike the rest.