Waiting For You
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- $10.99
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- $10.99
Publisher Description
From the author of When It Happens and Take Me There comes this funny and moving tale of friendship, frustration, and falling in love.
“Chick lit for girls who think.”—Kirkus Reviews
“An authentic picture of how complicated it is to be a teenager, especially one in love.”—Publishers Weekly
Derek:
Friendly & popular
Style: Cali surfer boy
Awesome at flirting
Future career: landscape architect
Boyfriend potential: HIGH
Nash:
Shy but sweet
Style: Totally geeked out
Only talks to girls when forced to
Future career: robotics engineer
Boyfriend potential: NONE
Derek’s clearly the love Marisa’s been waiting for, but there’s just one problem: he has a girlfriend. Nash is clearly wrong for Marisa, but he’s crushing on her. And, as if life wasn’t complicated enough, Marisa’s also contending with a best friend who won’t stop falling for older guys, a family that’s acting totally bizarre, and a secret crush on a guy whose identity is a mystery—even to her. Sophomore year is going to be intense.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Though Marisa struggles with an anxiety disorder and depression, she starts the school year wanting "everyone at school to know I am not a freak anymore." Her life becomes more exciting when Derek, the popular boy she has a crush on, asks her out. But when Marisa begins suspecting Derek's relationship with his ex, her obsessive negative thinking returns. Colasanti (Take Me There) expertly handles the plot, keeping it ambiguous whether Derek is cheating on Marisa, or if he is being honest when he tells her, "You're accusing me of something I didn't do." The author also nicely contrasts Marisa's exciting but shallow relationship with Derek with her much deeper connection to nerdy Nash, to whom she opens up about her problems. There is no doubt who Marisa will eventually be with (and readers will easily ID the mysterious Dirty Dirk, a DJ who provides advice and hope to students via podcasts). Colasanti presents an authentic picture of how complicated it is to be a teenager, especially one in love. Ages 12 up.
