Love and Other Perishable Items
Books | Young Adult Fiction / Romance / General
3.7
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Laura Buzo
Love is awkward, as fans of Rainbow Rowell and E. Lockhart well know. Funny and heartbreaking in equal measure, this grocery store romance was a Morris Award Finalist for Best YA debut."Smart, honest and full of achingly real characters. And it made me laugh. What else would you want in a book?" —Melina Marchetta, Printz Award-winning authorFrom the moment Amelia sets eyes on Chris, she is a goner. Lost. Sunk. Head over heels infatuated with him. It's problematic, since Chris, 21, is a sophisticated university student, while Amelia, 15, is 15.Amelia isn't stupid. She knows it's not gonna happen. So she plays it cool around Chris—at least, as cool as she can. Working checkout together at the local supermarket, they strike up a friendship: swapping life stories, bantering about everything from classic books to B movies, and cataloging the many injustices of growing up. As time goes on, Amelia's crush doesn't seem so one-sided anymore. But if Chris likes her back, what then? Can two people in such different places in life really be together?Through a year of befuddling firsts—first love, first job, first party, and first hangover—debut author Laura Buzo shows how the things that break your heart can still crack you up."A sweet and scathingly funny love story." —Kirkus, Starred Review
Young Adult
Romance
Coming Of Age
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Author
Laura Buzo
Pages
256
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Published Date
2013-12-10
ISBN
0307929744 9780307929747
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"This book really spoke to me. It presents such a specific scenario between two people falling in love at the wrong time. I had a similar experience in my own life and the author really wrote it in such an authentic way. I went into the book thinking I would struggle to finish it and ended the book thinking that it was in my top ten favorites. That being said, I highly recommend it. "
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