Description

Author/Contributor(s):	Van Draanen, Wendelin
Publisher:	Knopf Books for Young Readers
Date:	10/9/2001
Binding:	Hardcover
Condition:	NEW

The first time she saw him, she flipped. The first time he saw her, he ran. Thatwas the second grade, but not much has changed by the seventh. She says: “My walking around with my first kiss.” He says: “It’s been six years of strategicavoidance and social discomfort.” But in the eighth grade everything gets turnedupside down. And just as he’s thinking there’s more to her than meets the eye, she’ s thinking that he’s not quite all he seemed.

This is a classic romantic comedyof errors told in alternating chapters by two fresh, funny voices. Wendelin VanDraanen is at her best here with a knockout cast of quirky characters and a hilariousseries of misunderstandings and missed opportunities. But underlying the humor aretwo teens in transition. They are each learning to look beyond the surface of people,both figuring out who they are, who they want to be, and who they want to be with.