The Boyfriend List

By E. Lockhart

Subjects: Juvenile Fiction, Reading Level-Grade 12, Friendship, fiction, Seattle (wash.), fiction, Dating (social customs), fiction, Reading Level-Grade 9, High schools, Dating (Social customs), Interpersonal relations, Reading Level-Grade 8, Schools, fiction, Reading Level-Grade 7, Fiction, Children's fiction, Reading Level-Grade 11, Juvenile fiction, Reading Level-Grade 10, Schools, Interpersonal relations, fiction, Friendship

Description: Ruby Oliver is 15 and has a shrink. She knows it's unusual, but give her a break--she's had a rough 10 days. In the past 10 days she: lost her boyfriend (#13 on the list), lost her best friend (Kim), lost all her other friends (Nora, Cricket), did something suspicious with a boy (#10), did something advanced with a boy (#15), had an argument with a boy (#14), drank her first beer (someone handed it to her), got caught by her mom (ag!), had a panic attack (scary), lost a lacrosse game (she's the goalie), failed a math test (she'll make it up), hurt Meghan's feelings (even though they aren't really friends), became a social outcast (no one to sit with at lunch) and had graffiti written about her in the girls' bathroom (who knows what was in the boys'!?!). But don't worry--Ruby lives to tell the tale. And make more lists.From the Hardcover edition.