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Lockhart, E.
The boyfriend list : (15 guys, 11 shrink appointments,
4 ceramic frogs and me, Ruby Oliver) / E. Lockhart.
p. cm.
Summary: A Seattle fifteen-year-old explains some of the reasons for her recent
panic attacks, including breaking up with her boyfriend, losing all her girlfriends,
tensions between her performance-artist mother and her father, and more.
[1. Interpersonal relations—Fiction. 2. Dating (Social customs)—Fiction.
3. High schools—Fiction. 4. Schools—Fiction. 5. Friendship—Fiction.
6. Seattle (Wash.)—Fiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.L79757Bo 2005
[Fic]—dc22
2004006691
eISBN: 978-0-307-51480-6
September 2006
v3.0
Table of Contents
Adam (but he doesn’t count.)
Finn (but people just thought so.)
Hutch (but I’d rather not think about it.)
Gideon (but it was just from afar.)
Ben (but he didn’t know.)
Tommy (but it was impossible.)
Chase (but it was all in his mind.)
Sky (but he had someone else.)
Michael (but I so didn’t want to.)
Angelo (but it was just one date.)
Shiv (but it was just one kiss.)
Billy (but he didn’t call.)
Jackson (yes, okay, he was my boyfriend. Don’t ask me any more about it.)
Noel (but it was just a rumor.)
Cabbie (but I’m undecided.)