Product Description

When the good-looking boy with the American accent presses the dropped negative into Rowan's hand, she's sure it's all a big mistake. But next moment he's gone, lost in the crowd of bustling shoppers. Who was the boy? Why was he so insistent that the negative belonged to Rowan?

Review

"This is rich, satisfying storytelling, indeed." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"[A] warm, graceful first person narrative.readers will stick by Rowan as she builds sustaining new relationships." -- Horn Book Magazine

Completely gorgeous. A tremendously sympathetic and engaging central character and huge dollops of intense love and pain. This book has it all. --www.thebookbag.co.uk

Most enjoyable: a life-affirming, witty, romantic read, about freedom, responsibility and love. --Sunday Times (London)

[A] warm, graceful first person narrative readers will stick by Rowan as she builds sustaining new relationships. --Horn Book Magazine

Give this poignant, rewarding story to teens who need books dealing with grief who crave romance amid tragedy and hardship. --School Library Journal

This is rich, satisfying storytelling, indeed. --Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

The story is delicately written. A solid tale of what it takes to grow up and how to ask for help. --Publishers Weekly

The language is simple, but its crafting is deft and emotional. Rowan herself is a believable blend of heroic and desperate, and the book is particularly perceptive. --Bulletin of the Center for Children s Books (starred review)

"The language is simple, but its crafting is deft and emotional. Rowan herself is a believable blend of heroic and desperate, and the book is particularly perceptive."--Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (starred review)

"Give this poignant, rewarding story to teens who need books dealing with grief who crave romance amid tragedy and hardship."--School Library Journal

"The story is delicately written. A solid tale of what it takes to grow up and how to ask for help."--Publishers Weekly

"Most enjoyable: a life-affirming, witty, romantic read, about freedom, responsibility and love."--Sunday Times (London)

"Completely gorgeous. A tremendously sympathetic and engaging central character and huge dollops of intense love and pain. This book has it all."--www.thebookbag.co.uk

"[A] warm, graceful first person narrative...readers will stick by Rowan as she builds sustaining new relationships."--Horn Book Magazine

"This is rich, satisfying storytelling, indeed."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)