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Reader reviewed by Dede

Told from a teenagers point of view, it is a good book to remind parents and children of what it is like. Sofie has had boyfriends, Dylan being her latest, and she talks about her life, family, boyfriend, and feelings in this book. At first with Dylan, everything is thrilling, but then it becomes boring. They break up. Sofie talks about how her mom watches soap operas all day and ignores her, how she knows her dad loves her even though he works late and doesn't hug her. Along with her two best friends, life is teenage paradise and angst. She finds herself thinking about Murphy, an unpopular boy in school and starts talking to him during a summer. They go places together and find that have similar interests and that they get eachother. The book teaches that it's not how one is perceived to be that matters, it's how people come together and like eachother because they fit, even when they didn't think they would. Very cute book.