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Ellen loves Link and James. Her older brother and his best friend are the only company she wants. She idolises Link, the maths genius and track star. And she's totally, madly in love with James, his face full of long eyelashes and hidden smiles. She knows she will never grow out of it. Until someone at school asks if Link and James might be in love with each other...a fresh funny and unflinching exploration of sexuality, love and the battle to understand those closest to you.

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The fast, clipped dialog will sweep teens into the story, as will Ellen's immediate first-person, present-tense narrative, 'curious, careful, kind, and intense.' The family dynamics are just as compelling as the love and friendship drama, especially Ellen's bewilderment about the unwritten laws that can make people strangers even within the family they love.

Narrator Ellen learns about love, family and 'society's unwritten rules' in this sophisticated but gentle novel. Publishers Weekly, Starred <br> A tightly constructed novel about love, family, and the ambiguities of sexual identity. School Library Journal, Starred <br> Freyman-Weyr writes an astonishing combination of delicacy and clarity of the genuine complexity of family (and all) relationships. The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, Starred <br> Freymann-Weyr sets up a riveting love triangle. As in the author's first novel, When I Was Older, one of the standout qualities is the protagonist's fresh, vital tone. Horn Book, Starred <br> The fast, clipped dialog will sweep teens into the story, as will Ellen's immediate first-person, present-tense narrative, 'curious, careful, kind, and intense.' The family dynamics are just as compelling as the love and friendship drama, especially Ellen's bewilderment about the unwritten laws that can make people strangersi

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