The first time she saw him she flipped The first time he saw her he ran That was the second grade but not much has changed by the seventh She says ldquoMy Bryce Still walking around with my first kissrdquo He says ldquoItrsquos been six years of strategic avoidance and social discomfortrdquo But in the eighth grade everything gets turned upside down And just as hersquos thinking therersquos more to her than meets the eye shersquo s thinking that hersquos not quite all he seemed This is a classic romantic comedy of errors told in alternating chapters by two fresh funny voices Wendelin Van Draanen is at her best here with a knockout cast of quirky characters and a hilarious series of misunderstandings and missed opportunities But underlying the humor are two 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 withFrom the Hardcover edition.
