Bestselling author Cynthia Hand delivers a funny, awkward, and altogether honest coming-of-age story about one girls attempt to make the most of a summer in paradiseperfect for fans of Sarah Dessen and Jenny Han. Adas life is a mess. She just caught her boyfriend cheating on her after a humiliating attempt at losing her virginity, and shes had it up to here with her gorgeous older sisters unsolicited advice. But things really hit the fan during a family vacation in Hawaii, where Ada discovers her own mother is having an affair. Apparently, everyone is falling into bed with people they shouldnt. Everyone except Ada. But when Ada decides shes going to stop trying and start doingsex, that isher best laid plan overlooks an inconvenient truth: Feelings, romantic or not, always get in the way.

 

 

This book is aimed at children at US 8th grade+.

This book has been graded for interest at 13 years.

There are 352 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2022 by HarperCollins Publishers Inc .

Cynthia Hand Cynthia Hand grew up in southeast Idaho and now lives in southern California with her husband and son. She teaches creative writing courses at Pepperdine University.