When Holly loses her virginity to Paul, a guy she barely knows, she assumes their encounter is a one-night stand. After all, Paul is too popular to even be speaking to Hollyand he happens to have a long-term girlfriend, Saskia. But ever since Hollys mom died six months ago, Holly has been numb to the world, and shes getting desperate to feel something, anythingso when Paul keeps pursuing her, Holly relents. Pauls kisses are a welcome diversionand its nice to feel like the kind of girl that a guy like Paul would choose. But things arent so simple with Saskia around. Pauls real girlfriend is willowy and perfect and nothing like Holly. To make matters worse, she and Holly are becoming friends. Suddenly the consequences of Hollys choices are all too real, and Holly stands to lose more than she ever realized she had. "Nothing Like You is candid and quick-paced, with characters you can't help but want the best for." --Deb Caletti, National Book Award Finalist for Honey, Baby, Sweetheart"The fast-paced story will appeal to fans of Meg Cabot and Sarah Dessen." --Kirkus Reviews

 

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards

This book is aimed at children at US 9th grade+.

This book has been graded for interest at 14-18 years.

There are 224 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 2009 by Simon & Schuster .

Lauren Strasnick grew up in Greenwich, Connecticut, now lives in Los Angeles, California, and is a graduate of Emerson College and the California Institute of the Arts MFA Writing Program. She wrote her first short story, "Yours Truly, The Girls from Bunk Six," in a cloth-bound 5x4 journal, in the fifth grade. She is the author of Then You Were Gone, Nothing Like You, and Her and Me and You. Find out more at LaurenStrasnick. com, and follow her on Twitter at @LaurenStrasnick.