Kissing in America

Acclaimed writer Margo Rabbamp;#39;s Kissing in America is amp;#34;a wonderful novel about friendship, love, travel, life, hope, poetry, intelligence, and the inner lives of girls,amp;#34; raves internationally bestselling author Elizabeth Gilbert (Eat, Pray, Love).

In the two years since her father died, sixteen-year-old Eva has found comfort in reading romance novelsamp;#8212;118 of them, to be exactamp;#8212;to dull the pain of her loss thatamp;#39;s still so present. Her romantic fantasies become a reality when she meets Will, who understands Evaamp;#39;s grief. Unfortunately, after Eva falls head over heels for him, he picks up and moves to California without any warning. Not wanting to lose the only person who has been able to pull her out of sadnessamp;#8212;and, perhaps, her shot at real loveamp;#8212;Eva and her best friend, Annie, concoct a plan to travel to the West Coast to see Will again. As they road trip across America, Eva and Annie confront the complex truth about love.

In this honest and emotional journey that National Book Award finalist Sara Zarr calls amp;#34;gorgeous, funny, and joyous,amp;#34; readers will experience the highs of infatuation and the lows of heartache as Eva contends with love in all its forms.