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Hard love

Ellen Wittlinger

1999224 pagesabout 3–5 hours
1999
first published
  • 1999Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers · 224 pages · ENGISBN 9780689821349
  • 2001Aladdin Paperbacks · 224 pages · ENGISBN 9780689841545
  • 2012Simon Pulse · ENGISBN 9781439115565
  • 2004Simon & Schuster Ltd · 224 pagesISBN 9780689872570
PlayfulWhimsicalStandard readGeneral Psychology

After starting to publish a zine in which he writes his secret feelings about his lonely life and his parents' divorce, sixteen-year-old John meets an unusual girl and begins to develop a healthier personality.

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PaceSlow burn
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