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Gr 7-9 High school freshman Charlie is ready for her first kiss. The big day arrives when Kevin Lazarus chooses her, taking her by the hand and leading her outside. Charlie, who before the kiss doesn't particularly like him, finds herself both intrigued and grossed out by the germs to which she's been exposed. She is not sure if it really happened and she tells no one, not even her best friend, Tess. Her confusion is further compounded when Tess sets her eyes on Kevin and wins his affections, her mother becomes r...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

"My first kiss. Well, it was disgusting, but I liked it." So begins fourteen-year-old Charlie's all-consuming crush on Kevin, "exactly the kind of boy who has never interested [her] at all" until he plants one on her before homeroom. Charlie (short for Charlotte) is a funny, intelligent narrator who obsesses believably about all aspects of her infatuation:...Log In or Sign Up to Read More