The boy book is the continued story of Ruby Oliver, now a junior in high school, who is struggling to understand how friendships come and go in our lives. Ruby and her friends wrote about their dating experiences (with a bit of wishful thinking mixed in) in a book, where they all chimed in about the rules of all possible dating issues. Throughout the boy book we are introduced to a variety of "rules" from their diary of sorts: The Boy Book: A Study of Habits and Behaviors, Plus Techniques for Taming Them.
I enjoyed getting to know Ruby and being reminded of all the heartbreak of high school. I think e lockhart shares some of her adult knowledge with her readers through this book. The author allows us to see that it's okay for Ruby to see a therapist to work out her issues, that best friends don't always remain best friends, and that boyfriends can come and go.
In high school we all have our share of heartbreak. However, when we look back on those days the problems we thought were overwhelming don't seem so bad after all. I remember when my daughter had been through a couple years of college and she told me she wished she had known when she was in high school that the little things just didn't matter that much. She thought she worried way too much about boys, friends, clothes, cliques and more. Looking back, she realized that she spent way too much time worrying about it, when she should've just been enjoying life.
The boy book was a fun and quick read. I found that the situations and characters in the book seemed real. It's a book that I can easily recommend to high school students!
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