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Jessie Walters is thirteen and secretly falls for the nineteen‑year‑old Michael. With each day, she feels nervous and anxious around him, but she keeps lying about her age to maintain the closeness they share. As their relationship grows, Jessie wrestles with the looming decision to reveal the truth that she is still a child. She faces the dilemma of honesty versus the fear of losing the boy she loves.
In this coming‑of‑age story, a teenage girl confronts the complexities of adolescent longing, deception, and the moral challenges that accompany the first crush.
First publish date: 1983
Genre: General Fiction/General Fiction
Authors: Carole Hart
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