This extraordinary YA debut follows high-school sophomore Elisa, a loner of sorts who feels that no one understands except her dad, but he's away on an extended business trip. While her mother and sister concern themselves with their vanity, Elisa hones her talent for writing by creating love notes for the boys in her class, especially for Theo Moses. However, her crush on Theo proves to threaten her newfound love of ice-skating and her budding self-confidence. Readers will find Elisa's struggles quite familiar -- family life, relationships and identity issues. "Through Elisa's poems, letters and descriptions, Kephart perfectly plumbs the thoughts and feelings of an adolescent girl".
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