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Tell Me Three Things Julie Buxbaum (Romance)

Jessie Holmes isn't ready to start her junior year at a new high school where she knows no one but her rude stepbrother, Theo. Jessie doesn't want anything more than to be at home with her best friend but instead she's in Wood Valley. And if that isn't bad enough, she's living with her dads new girlfriend, who he met way to fast from her mothers death for Jessie's liking. After a day of upperclassman bullying and homesickness, she gets an email from one of her peers addressed S.N. (Somebody Nobody), the only problem is Jessie doesn't no which one. Julie Buxhaum takes readers on a love story in which Jessie learns more about herself, her new family, and more about the mysterious and hilarious S.N.

Tell Me Three Things is a perfect feel-good relatable young adult book. Its the plot that you look for in every romance book when you want to get swept away into another world. At first Jessie seems like any other girl but as the story progresses you see that she's just trying to figure out who she is while trying to keep going without her mom next to her and the problems of High School all around her. The author perfectly portrays the feelings of being new to school and missing your friends back to home but eventually learning to love your new setting and new friends.  Not only that, but Julie Buxhaum introduces and develops each character in the story that you can't help but root for all of them to be S.N. In the end when you learn S.N.'s identity, you can't help but think that you should have known it was him all along. If you want a cute, funny, and enjoyable story  with a hint of mystery, Tell Me Three Things is definitely for you.
Reviewed by Natalia T., 8th Grade

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