She was just the kind of best friend a high school girl would have - weird, maddening, but there when you need her.ģ) Whenever Nash got all know-it-ally or obnoxious, I ate it up. Sterling is somewhat ADD, obsessed with older boys, a fantastic chef, a little demanding, but loyal as hell.

I liked that she seemed like a real girl, although her 'people say I'm pretty but I don't think so' struck me as a little coy from a first-person narrator.Ģ) The relationship with her best friend, Sterling, was well-developed and interesting. 'About this title' may belong to another edition of this title.1) I liked the description of the main character as being not-too-skinny, not-too-fat, unable to fit into some jeans, etc. Marissa can become a bit tiresome and the story's pacing is uneven-parts of it seem to go on forever-but the teen and her friends are realistic as they struggle to make sense of high school, romance, and families and as they realize that not one of them has a perfect life and that they all need each other's friendship and love.- Janet Hilbun, University of North Texas, DentonĬopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. Everything is going well until she realizes that Nash has fallen for her, her parents are splitting up because her mother has had an affair, Derek and his ex are spending a lot of time together, Sterling is about to hook up with a guy she met online who is at least six years older than she is, and her depression is returning. As the school year progresses, Derek breaks up with his girlfriend and he and Marissa begin to date. She enjoys talking with him but thinks he is much too nerdy for her. Nash, her old friend and next-door neighbor who has not spoken to her in several years, is assigned as her lab partner. Reality kicks in the first day of school though, and, according to Marissa, 'it majorly sucks.' Sure, Derek is at least smiling at her, but her history of anxiety and depression still haunts her, even though she is determined to put it behind her. Grade 7–10-With summer camp over, Marissa and her best friend, Sterling, eagerly await the beginning of sophomore year. You can connect with Susane at her website,. Before becoming a full-time author in 2007, Susane was a high school science teacher for ten years. Susane has a bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a master's degree from New York University. Susane Colasanti is the bestselling author of When It Happens, Take Me There, Waiting for You, Something Like Fate, So Much Closer, Keep Holding On, All I Need, Now and Forever, and the City Love trilogy.

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