During a weekend visit to Cartwright College for prospective students, Chloe meets Julian, and they instantly hit it off. They have so much in common, and Chloe is thrilled that when she starts college she'll have a boyfriend there already! But what about Eli, her best friend and sort-of boyfriend? How is she going to break it to him? And to her friends? Surely they didn't expect her and Eli to be together forever? Through a summer of emails, letters and postcards, Chloe and Julian discover whether their relationship with each other, and their friends, is based on who they really are or, who they imagine each other to be...

 

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards

This book is aimed at children at US 7th grade+.

This book has been graded for interest at 14-17 years.

There are 240 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 2005 by Simon & Schuster .

Ellen Wittlinger is the author of several highly acclaimed books for young adults. A former children's librarian, she lives with her husband and two children in Swampscott, Massachusetts.