Book description
How can a girl have fun with a game if she's only watching from the sidelines? That's what sixteen-year-old Kelly Williams wonders when her best friend, Faith, complains that it's time to stop pretending and find real romance. As Kelly sees her friends, her older brother and even her parents…
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1 author picked The Girl Who Invented Romance as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I read this book more than thirty years ago, and I still think about it sometimes. It’s the story of a teenager who observes the real-life love stories going on around her and invents a board game based on those interactions.
I really wished I could play the game, and I wished I had been the one to come up with it. I was so envious of her and admired her so much—how inventive!
From Claire's list on The best YA books about growing up and falling in love.
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