Criss Cross Apple Sauce

I am currently reading the book called 'Criss Cross' by Lynne Rae Perkins.
I. LOVE. THIS. BOOK!! ♥____♥
It's funny and touching. It actually makes me imagine what it's like being 14. The tag line drew me in immediately: "She wished something would happen." I definitely remember spending my younger years wishing "something would happen." I still feel that way! The author writes so simply and perfectly. For example:
"Whatever her name was, she was pretty. She had a thick, careless braid of chestnut hair, a quick smile, and dark, merry eyes. She wore some kind of a fuzzy lavender pullover, and when she crossed her legs and lifted her guitar onto her lap, she had an interesting way of tucking the foot of the bottom leg back under her chair that made Hector feel melty. He looked away in self-preservation." (p.72).

That last sentence made me laugh out loud. So funny. A "careless braid". "Melty". Love it!

Summary:
Debbie is wishing something would happen. Something good. To her. Soon. In the meantime, Debbie loses a necklace and finds the necklace (and boy, does the necklace have a story to tell), she goes jeans shopping with her mother, she learns to drive shift in a truck (illegally), she saves a life (directly connected to being able to drive, thus proving something), she takes a bus ride to another town (in order to understand what it feels like to be from "elsewhere"), she meets a boy (who truly is from "elsewhere"), but mostly she hangs out with her friends: Patty, Hector, Lenny, and Phil. Their paths cross. Their stories crisscross.

Hope you guys will borrow this book from the library! It's a great book.

-Sharon(: