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Cricket's on a self-imposed break from her longtime boyfriend - but she's picked a bad week to sort out her love life. For one thing, her mother's romance is taking center stage: After jilting two previous fiances, her mom is finally marrying Dan Jax, whom Cricket loves. But as wedding attendees arrive for a week of festivities at a guesthouse whose hippie owners have a sweet, sexy son - Ash - complications arise:
Cricket's future stepsisters make it clear they're not happy about the marriage. An old friend decides this is the week to declare his love for Cricket. Grandpa chooses to reveal a big secret at a family gathering. Dan's ex-wife shows up. And even the dogs - Cricket's old, ill Jupiter and Dan's young, lively Cruiser - seem to be declaring war.
While Cricket fears that Dan is in danger of becoming ditched husband-to-be number three, she's also alarmed by her own desires. Because even though her boyfriend looms large in her mind, Ash is right in front of her....
Ages 12+
"Caletti's ninth novel is a rewarding story of a girl's struggle to live and love in a world of constant change. Ages 12–up." - Publishers Weekly
"Starred Reviews. Caletti's latest Pacific Northwest romance is a stunner, with depth and ambiguity that respects and challenges the reader... One of Caletti's best, this is a title to reread and savor." - Booklist
"Dog owners will quickly bond with Jupiter, the family pet, but should also be warned they may want a tissue handy toward the end of the book." - VOYA
"Adrift in a world where only impermanence is permanent, they remain hopeful, loving what they know can't last." - Kirkus Reviews
"A thoughtful and enjoyable book with a bit more meat than many other relationship stories." - School Library Journal
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Deb Caletti is the award-winning and critically acclaimed author of nearly twenty-five books for adults and young adults, including Honey, Baby, Sweetheart, a finalist for the National Book Award, and A Heart in a Body in the World, a Michael L. Printz Honor Book. Her books have also won the Josette Frank Award for Fiction, the Washington State Book Award, and numerous other state awards and honors, and she was a finalist for the PEN USA Award. She lives with her family in Seattle.
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