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THINGS I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN
A wistful, funny, and sometimes surprising look at teenage love and disappointment. Chloe Mitchell is soaring through high school. She’s got it all--the cute boyfriend, the fun best friend, the good grades—everything’s set for her to finish up big and blast her way into college. There’s just one problem: her sister Ivy.
Ivy has autism, and Chloe seems to be the sole source of fun and companionship in her life. Their father is dead and their mother is newly remarried, and Chloe knows that if she leaves home, Ivy’s future is going to consist of watching TV alone, and will be left behind while life moves on for everyone else. As the family member who feels most tied and close to Ivy, Chloe decides she has to find Ivy a new companion, someone who’ll keep the loneliness and boredom at bay once Chloe’s at college. And since 21-year-old Ivy has been asking a lot of questions lately about guys and sex, Chloe figures what she really needs is a boyfriend.
The sweet guy, Ethan, in Ivy’s class seems like perfect boyfriend material, and he’s enthusiastic about the whole idea. It’s just unfortunate that he turns out to be the brother of Chloe’s least favorite classmate, an arrogant loner named David Fields. Chloe forces herself to get over her issues with David for Ivy’s sake, especially since David turns out to be as devoted to her brother as she is to her sister. The two of them work together to keep Ivy and Ethan dating. To Chloe's surprise, she starts finding that the afternoons spent with this strange little group are becoming oddly enjoyable... even preferable.
Claire LaZebnik has written five novels for adults including Same As It Never Was (which was made into the ABC Family movie, Hello Sister, Goodbye Life), Knitting Under the Influence, and Families and Other Non-Returnable Gifts. Her young adult novels include Epic Fail, The Trouble with Flirting, The Last Best Kiss, and the recent novel, Wrong About the Guy (Harper Teen). She has also co-authored two books on autism; Overcoming Autism and Growing Up on the Spectrum. She has contributed to GQ, Self Magazine, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, among other publications, and to the anthology play Motherhood Out Loud. A graduate of Harvard University, she lives with her TV writer husband and four children, one of whom has autism.
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Published 2017-03-28 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |