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“Here are three things about this book: (1) It’s . . . funny and romantic; (2) the mystery at the heart of the story will keep you turning the pages; (3) I have a feeling you’ll be very happy you read it.” —Jennifer E. Smith, author of The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight With the perfect mix of comedy and tragedy, love and loss, and pain and elation, the characters in Julie Buxbaum’s Tell Me Three Things come to feel like old friends who make any day better. This YA novel is sure to appeal to fans of Rainbow Rowell, Jennifer Niven, and E. Lockhart.
Everything about Jessie is wrong. At least, that’s what it feels like during her first week of junior year at her new ultra-intimidating prep school in Los Angeles. It’s been barely two years since her mother’s death, and because her father eloped with a woman he met online, Jessie has been forced to move across the country to live with her stepmonster and her pretentious teenage son, and to start at a new school where she knows no one.
Just when she’s thinking about hightailing it back to Chicago, she gets an email from a person calling themselves Somebody/Nobody (SN for short), offering to help her navigate the wilds of Wood Valley High School. Is it an elaborate hoax? Or can she rely on SN for some much-needed help?
In a leap of faith—or an act of complete desperation—Jessie begins to rely on SN, and SN quickly becomes her lifeline and closest ally. Jessie can’t help wanting to meet SN in person. But are some mysteries better left unsolved?
Stars: 4.25/ 5
What’s it like? : It’s sort of like Clique meets romance with some anonymous emails.
What did I think?: It was a quick read! The premise is that a girl, Jessie, moves from Chicago to California and has to make new friends and get used to her surroundings. Her new-found stepmother is rich and pays for a rich school. She has no idea how to fit it when she suddenly gets anonymous emails. She develops a relationship with the person and eventually meets the person at the end of the book.
It was a good book. I want to find other books that the author has read. There is a lot of hype about this book, and I think it lived up to it. You could feel empathy for the characters and relate to them. You cared what happened to them, and that’s what makes a great book.