Better than the movies

Title
Better than the movies

Personal Author EPSB
Lynn, Painter

Summary
Perpetual daydreamer Liz Buxbaum gave her heart to Michael a long time ago. But her cool, aloof forever crush never really saw her before he moved away. Now that he’s back in town, Liz will do whatever it takes to get on his radar -- and maybe snag him as a prom date -- even befriend Wes Bennet. The annoyingly attractive next-door neighbor might seem like a prime candidate for romantic comedy fantasies, but Wes has only been a pain in Liz’s butt since they were kids. Pranks involving frogs and decapitated lawn gnomes do not a potential boyfriend make. Yet, somehow, Wes and Michael are hitting it off, which means Wes is Liz’s in. But as Liz and Wes scheme to get Liz noticed by Michael so she can have her magical prom moment, she’s shocked to discover that she likes being around Wes. And as they continue to grow closer, she must reexamine everything she thought she knew about love -- and rethink her own ideas of what Happily Ever After should look like.

Year Published
2021

Physical Description
356 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Awards
2024 Young Reader’s Choice Award YRCA Senior nominee

Subject
Dating (Social customs) -- Fiction.
 
Infatuation -- Fiction.
 
High schools -- Fiction.
 
Schools -- Fiction.
 
Neighbors -- Fiction.

Genre
Romance fiction.

Summary
Perpetual daydreamer Liz Buxbaum gave her heart to Michael a long time ago. But her cool, aloof forever crush never really saw her before he moved away. Now that he’s back in town, Liz will do whatever it takes to get on his radar -- and maybe snag him as a prom date -- even befriend Wes Bennet. The annoyingly attractive next-door neighbor might seem like a prime candidate for romantic comedy fantasies, but Wes has only been a pain in Liz’s butt since they were kids. Pranks involving frogs and decapitated lawn gnomes do not a potential boyfriend make. Yet, somehow, Wes and Michael are hitting it off, which means Wes is Liz’s in. But as Liz and Wes scheme to get Liz noticed by Michael so she can have her magical prom moment, she’s shocked to discover that she likes being around Wes. And as they continue to grow closer, she must reexamine everything she thought she knew about love -- and rethink her own ideas of what Happily Ever After should look like.

ISBN
9781534467620
 
9781665901659
 
9781534467637

Publisher
New York : Simon & Schuster BFYR, 2021.
 
New York : Simon & Schuster BFYR, 2022.
 
©2021


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Kate ChegwinFIC PAIBook30574000638328Fiction