Ellen loves Link and James. Her older brother and his best friend are the only company she wants. She idolises Link, the maths genius and track star. And shes totally, madly in love with James, his face full of long eyelashes and hidden smiles. She knows she will never grow out of it. Until someone at school asks if Link and James might be in love with each other. A simple question. But the consequences overturn everything Ellen has ever believed and threaten to tear apart the family she thought she knew.

 

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards

There are 144 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 2004 by Pan Macmillan .

Garret Freymann-Weyr grew up in New York City with three sisters and two excessively interesting parents. She now lives in Baltimore, USA with her husband, who plays the piano every night. Her first young adult novel, When I Was Older, received rave reviews in America.