by Wendelin Van DraanenI used to badger this writer I knew that we should write a book about falling in love together but he should write the guy part and I should write the girl part (or maybe vice versa). The goal was to show how differently each gender interpreted the same experience.
Now I don't have to do it because Wendelin already did! She did it in that impossible to put down, Wendelin Van Draanen kind of way too and it's so great that Rob Reiner's been busy making it into a movie. Read the amazing story here.
Bryce Loski and Juli Baker are seven years old when he moves in across the street from her. She's instantly sucked in by his beautiful blue eyes but Bryce wants nothing to do with clingy, dirty, nerdy Juli. Even into high school she pines away for him but it's not until a tree she loves is knocked down that Bryce can see her as anything other than a nuisance. Unfortunately for him it's the same time she loses all interest in him because of a jerky mistake he made. That's when things flip.
General consensus: I loved the ending! Refreshing and shows the skill of a master craftswoman.
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