“I had liked him for all the wrong reasons.”
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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: "My Bryce. Still walking around with my first kiss." He says: "It's been six years of strategic avoidance and social discomfort." But in the eighth grade everything gets turned upside down. And just as he's thinking there's more to her than meets the eye, she's thinking that he's not quite all he seemed.This is a classic romantic comedy of errors told in alternating chapters by two fresh, funny new 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 with.From the Hardcover edition.
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“I had liked him for all the wrong reasons.”
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“It's easy to look back and see it, and it's easy to give the advice. But the sad fact is, most people don't look beneath the surface until it's too late.”
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“Sometimes a little discomfort in the beginning can save a whole lot of pain down the road.”
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“A painting is more than the sum of its parts,' he would tell me, and then go on to explain how the cow by itself is just a cow, and the meadow by itself is just grass and flowers, and the su...”
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“What he did to my heart was sheer, inexplicable, magic.”
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“What I'm expecting is for you to behave like the gentleman I always thought you were.”
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“Proper lighting is everything, Julianna.”
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“The room fell quiet. And as I read down the list of over one hundred and fifty eight-grade boys, I realized that to me, there had only ever been one boy.”
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“...Next time you're faced with a choice, do the right thing. It hurts everyone less in the long run.”
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“You can't dwell on what might have been...and it's not fair to condemn him for something he hasn't done.”
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