{"product_id":"the-boyfriend-list-isbn-9780385732079","title":"The Boyfriend List","description":"From E. Lockhart, author of the highly acclaimed, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eWe Were Liars, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich John Green called \"utterly unforgettable,\" comes \u003ci\u003eThe Boyfriend List\u003c\/i\u003e, the first book in the uproarious and heartwarming Ruby Oliver novels.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRuby Oliver is 15 and has a shrink. She knows it’s unusual, but give her a break—she’s   had a rough 10 days. In the past 10 days she:\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e lost her boyfriend (#13 on the   list), \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e lost her best friend (Kim), \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e lost all her other friends (Nora,   Cricket), \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e did something suspicious with a boy (#10), \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e did something   advanced with a boy (#15), \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e had an argument with a boy (#14), \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e drank   her first beer (someone handed it to her), \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e got caught by her mom (ag!), \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e had a panic attack (scary),\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e lost a lacrosse game (she’s the goalie),   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e failed a math test (she’ll make it up), \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e hurt Meghan’s feelings (even   though they aren’t really friends), \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e became a social outcast (no one to sit   with at lunch)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e and had graffiti written about her in the girls’ bathroom (who   knows what was in the boys’!?!). \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e But don’t worry—Ruby lives to tell the tale. And   make more lists.\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003ethe boyfriend list\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e * “Spot-on dialogue and details make this a painfully recognizable and addictive read.”—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, Starred\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Lockhart shines at depicting the all-encompassing microcosm of school social life.”—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Lockhart has created a fun character in the spirit of Louise Rennison’s Georgia Nicholson and Helen Fielding’s Bridget Jones….The snappy dialogue makes this story a winner.”—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “An ingenious way to look at one teenager’s life….The book is spectacular, with a well-constructed story and deep, emotional significance.”—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Romantic Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Breezy and genuine, with a tender understanding of who really walks the halls in America’s high schools. The Boyfriend List made me laugh and, yeah, I was kind of attracted to Kim.”—Ned Vizzini, author of \u003ci\u003eIt’s Kind of a Funny Story\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “\u003ci\u003eThe Boyfriend List\u003c\/i\u003e is a wonderful comic exploration of the maddening (but hilarious) world of mothers and fathers, the gut-wrenching politics (and excitement) of multiple crushes, and the complications (and kinship) of friendship. Ruby Oliver is a winning girl (even if she doesn’t realize it) we’d all befriend in a heartbeat (as long as she doesn’t have her eyes on our guy).”—Jill A. Davis, author of \u003ci\u003eGirls’ Poker Night\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Ruby Oliver’s list of boyfriends is a wonderful and tragic document of our times. I felt kind of bad for some of the guys on the list, but at the same time, while I read, I kept wishing I was on it.”—J. Minter, author of the Insiders series\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn ALA Best Book for Young Adults\u003cp\u003eE. Lockhart is the author of the highly acclaimed\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eWe Were Liars \u003c\/i\u003eand the Ruby Oliver quartet (\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBoyfriend List, The Boy Book, The Treasure Map of Boys,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eReal Live Boyfriends\u003c\/i\u003e), as well as \u003ci\u003eFly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eon the Wall, Dramarama,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHow to Be Bad\u003c\/i\u003e (the last with Sarah Mlynowski and Lauren Myracle). Her novel \u003ci\u003eThe Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks\u003c\/i\u003e was a Michael L. Printz Award Honor Book, a finalist for the National Book Award, and winner of a Cybils Award for Best Young Adult Novel. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e1. Adam (but he doesn't count.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdam was this boy that I used to stare at in preschool. His hair was too long, that's why. It stuck out behind his ears and trailed down his neck, whereas all the other five-year-old boys had bowl haircuts. I didn't have too much hair myself--it didn't grow fast and my mom was always trimming it with her nail scissors--so I was a little obsessed with hair.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdam's last name was Cox, and after I had been eyeing him for a couple of months, I named this stuffed bunny I had after him. All the grown-ups laughed when I said the bunny's name was Cox, and I didn't understand why.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePretty soon, Adam and I were playing together. Our parents took us to the zoo, and we'd spend time after school in the nearby playground, drawing with chalk and walking up the slide. I remember we went swimming a few times at the YMCA, and hung out in a plastic wading pool in his backyard. His cat had kittens, and I got to help name them because I came over the same morning they were born.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd that was it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe were only five years old.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen I was old enough for kindergarten, I started at Tate Prep and he went somewhere else.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDoctor Z looked down at the Boyfriend List. She didn't seem too impressed with my Adam Cox story. Or maybe it was the list itself she didn't think much of--though it had taken me a lot of work to do. I started the night after our first appointment, in bed in my pajamas, writing on this thick, cream-colored stationery my grandma Suzette got me. It says Ruby Denise Oliver on the top in this great curlicue font--but I never use it, since anyone I'd want to write to has e-mail.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMy first draft, I only wrote down Jackson and Cabbie. Then I added Gideon at the beginning, with a question mark next to his name. Then Michael, the guy who was my first kiss--putting him in between Gideon and Jackson.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen I turned off my light and tried to go to sleep.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNo luck.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWell, I wasn't sleeping well lately anyway--but I lay there with this feeling that the list wasn't finished. I remembered that I'd told Doctor Z about Angelo already, so I turned the light back on and squeezed him in between Jackson and Cabbie.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOh, and I had mentioned Noel to Doctor Z, too--though we were only friends. I stuck him in right after Jackson, just to have somewhere to put him. Then I rewrote the list in nice handwriting and managed to get myself to sleep--but in the middle of the night I woke up and wrote down two more boys and my History \u0026amp; Politics teacher.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen I crossed them all out.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt breakfast the next morning, I jumped up from my cereal bowl and put one of them back on.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt school, the hallway by the mail cubbies suddenly seemed like an obstacle course of old crushes and rejections. Shiv Neel. Finn Murphy. Hutch (ag). All three in my face before I even got to my first class. I pulled out the list and wrote them down.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll day long, I thought about boys. (Well, even more than usual.) And the more I thought, the more I remembered.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdam, the mermaid.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSky, the jerk.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBen, the golden boy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTommy, who surfed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChase, who gave me the necklace.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBilly, who squeezed my boob.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNever in a million years would I have expected the list to be anywhere near so long. But by the end of the day, there were fifteen names on there, and the list was all scribbly-looking, with arrows zooming around to show what order the boys should really go in.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt was a mess, so during geometry I recopied it on the stationery in my best writing and threw the old one away.2 Then I tucked it into a matching envelope to give to Doctor Z.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Why did you stop playing with Adam?\" Doctor Z wanted to know.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I told you, I started a different school.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Is there something more?\" she said, looking at me over those red-rimmed glasses.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"No.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI had liked making the list, it was kind of fun. But ag. What was the point of talking about something from ten years ago that wasn't even important? Zoo trips with Adam Cox and his mom weren't exactly significant to my mental development.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNot that there was anything else I wanted to talk about.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI just wanted the panic attacks to stop.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd the hollow, sore feeling in my chest to go away.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd to feel like I could make it through lunch period without choking back tears.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd Jackson. I wanted Jackson back.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd my friends.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Did you ever see him again?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Who?\" I had forgotten what we were talking about.","brand":"Ember","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304878067941,"sku":"NP9780385732079","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780385732079.jpg?v=1767738516","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-boyfriend-list-isbn-9780385732079","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}