HEART ON MY SLEEVE
Ellen Wittlinger
Simon & Schuster
Fiction
ISBN: 0689849974
224 pages

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To: everyone@teenreads.com
From: Carlie Webber
Subj: great new book from Ellen Wittlinger

Hi all,

I just finished HEART ON MY SLEEVE and wanted to tell you about it. It centers on a girl named Chloe who meets this guy, Julian, at a college visit weekend in Connecticut. Chloe lives in Massachusetts and Julian lives in Florida, but that doesn't stop them from forming a close friendship over email. Chloe thinks she's falling in love, and Julian even sends her a dozen roses --- which wouldn't be so bad if they hadn't arrived as Chloe and her boyfriend Eli were having their pictures taken for their senior prom!

So everything in Chloe's life gets kind of crazy after that, between breaking up with Eli and fighting with her best friend, and heading off to summer arts camp. Chloe shares all of her problems with her older sister, the outrageous Genevieve. But Veev has a few problems she needs to share with Chloe as well.

Julian's life isn't exactly perfect, either. His mom and wanderlusting sister fight all the time, and now his sister is getting married to someone he doesn't even know. He's growing apart from his best friend and is tired of everyone telling him that he should date Nina, who has had a crush on him since forever.

This book is both heartwarming and heartbreaking, dealing honestly with the trials of the transition from high school to college and changes in families. Anyone who has had a relationship or family dilemma will identify with Ellen Wittlinger's personable characters and their difficulties. Not all love is perfect, and Chloe and her friends find that sometimes the best thing to do is to just let go.

ttyl,

CKW

   --- Reviewed by Carlie Webber

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