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Lockhart, E.
THE BOYFRIEND LIST : (15 GUYS, 11 SHRINK APPOINTMENTS, 4 CERAMIC FROGS AND ME, RUBY OLIVER)
New York : Delecorte, 2005.
IL YA
ISBN 0385902387

(2 booktalks)

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Bookalk #1

1. Adam (but he doesn't count.)
 2. Finn (but people just thought so.)
 3. Hutch (but I'd rather not think about it.)
 4.  Gideon (but it was just from afar.)
 5. Ben (but he doesn't know.)
 6. Tommy (but it was impossible.)
 7. Chase (but it was all in his mind.)
 8. Sky (but he had someone else.)
 9. Michael (but I so didn't want to.)
 10. Angelo (but it was just one date.)
 11. Shiv (but it was just one kiss.)
 12. Billy (but he didn't call.)
 13. Jackson (yes, okay, he was my boyfriend.  Don't ask me any more about it.)
 14. Noel (but it was all a mistake.)
 15. Cabbie (but I'm undecided.)

As Ruby Oliver goes through her list with her shrink, can she really come to understand what has gone wrong with her life?  And why she is having panic attacks?

Booktalk #2

Looking for a fun book all about boys? Then The Boyfriend List is your perfect read. This book surrounds around Ruby Oliver, a gracious teen all about boys. When Ruby begins to have multiple panic attacks after her longtime boyfriend, Jackson told her they needed to “see other people”, things start to go wrong.
 Not only are her friends not talking to her, but the only person she has to talk to is her curious psychiatrist. But that’s not all, her best friend is now dating her ex, Jackson, so Ruby’s psychiatrist hatches up a plan for Ruby to create “the boyfriend list”, a list of all the boys she was ever romantically linked to.
 This book is fun filled and completely teen relatable. “An ingenious way to look at one teen’s life??The book is spectacular, with well-constructed story and deep, emotional significance.” ? The Romantic Times. This book will truly make you laugh.  (Sara F., K-12 student)

SUBJECTS:     Interpersonal relations -- Fiction.
                        Dating (Social customs) -- Fiction.
                        High schools -- Fiction.
                        Schools -- Fiction.
                        Friendship -- Fiction.
                        Seattle (Wash.) -- Fiction.

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