Content: PG (mild kissing)
BUYING ADVISORY: MS, HS - ADVISABLE
APPEALS TO: HS - MANY; MS - SEVERAL
9th grader Millie hates lying, but she gets caught by surprise in a study hall conversation in front of EVERYONE and lies... telling Logan and all her friends that she has already had her first kiss. Now Millie has to make it right, because she CANNOT be a liar and she is caught in the worst social nightmare because it was so obvious that she was lying. So Millie and her best friend set out to make her statement retroactively true... but Logan is there at every step, always in the way, making everything twice as hard. What is going on? Why can't Millie just get her first kiss like everyone else in the world? And why won't Logan go away?
I loved this book! Middle school romances that feel genuine and real are hard to find and this one fits the bill. Millie struggles with fitting in at school, but is also struggling with real problems at home- namely a Mom who had an affair and hid it from her family- which is why Millie hates lying so much. The language is clean, the emotions are confusing and genuine just like middle school and the book is a delight.
The main characters present as white.
Jen VanHaaften, Middle School Teacher-Librarian
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