A friend who knows I've been on a kick and reading YA literature like I'm a 14 year old girl recently sent me an article about 5 titles of YA literature you must read right now. (You can see it here.) 
 This is the first book I've knocked off the list, and I have to say, I enjoyed it. 
 In beginning, I was annoyed with Lennie. I felt bad about being annoyed with her-- her sister died, her mom disappeared, and she's lost. I get that. And then I figured out that I wasn't really annoyed with Lennie, I was annoyed with the author for being trite and having a teenage girl who likes two boys at one time. But then, i remembered, this wasn't just a book about a teenage girl, it was a book for teen aged girls, and they don't really know how annoying they are at that age yet, and let's face it, at 14 all we wanted in this world was for all the boys to like us. 
 When it was all said and done, the book is a beautiful story about dealing with love and loss, and how stupid doing so can make a person. It's sweet, touching, and if i put my my 14 year old girl hat on, this is one I would have read again and again.