Language: R (34 swears, 3 “f”); Mature Content: PG13; Violence: PG
BUYING ADVISORY: HS - ADVISABLE
AUDIENCE APPEAL: SEVERAL
Emma (17yo) knows what her future looks like: going to college nearby with a practical degree to take care of her family. Because it’s better to play it safe than to risk anyone—especially herself—getting hurt. But Emma lets herself wish for proof that love is real, and, in return, she gets an anonymous pen pal from the future.
Okay, I admit, I absolutely rolled my eyes when the pen pal said he was from the future, and I nearly threw the book down to punish it. But I am so happy that I kept reading. I felt all of Emma’s highs and lows, I celebrated and cried with her, and I love how Jean brilliantly brought everything together in the end. Emma’s story is about how much more important it is to choose our lives over and over again than to try and cheat happiness by sitting it out.
Emma is Japanese-American, and the majority of other characters are implied White. The mature content rating is for drug and alcohol use, kissing, innuendo, partial nudity, groping, and mentions of sex. The violence rating is for a joke about murder.
Reviewer: Carolina Johnson
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