Tell Me Three Things by Julie Buxbaum

Tell Me Three Things by Julie Buxbaum

Published by Delacorte Press

Published on April 5, 2016

Genres: YA Fiction, Contemporary

Page Count: 336

Source: Purchased

Format: Hardback

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Description: What if the person you need the most is someone you’ve never met?

Funny and romantic, this tug-at-your-heartstrings contemporary YA debut is perfect for readers of Rainbow Rowell, Jennifer Niven, and E. Lockhart.

Everything about Jessie is wrong. At least, that’s what it feels like during her first week as a junior at her new ultra-intimidating prep school in Los Angeles. It’s been barely two years since her mother’s death, and because her father eloped with a woman he met online, Jessie has been forced to move across the country to live with her stepmonster and her pretentious teenage son.

Just when she’s thinking about hightailing it back to Chicago, she gets an email from a person calling themselves Somebody/Nobody (SN for short), offering to help her navigate the wilds of Wood Valley High School. Is it an elaborate hoax? Or can she rely on SN for some much-needed help?

In a leap of faith—or an act of complete desperation—Jessie begins to rely on SN, and SN quickly becomes her lifeline and closest ally. Jessie can’t help wanting to meet SN in person. But are some mysteries better left unsolved?

Hello.

There are some books that I pick up and cannot put down. Tell Me Three Things by Julie Buxbaum was one of those books. I was looking for something to read that I could relate to. I am a sucker for the underdog story. Girl comes to a new school and everything in her life has been turned upside down. She wants to fit in yet truly doesn't. She does her own dance in life. This makes it difficult for her to make friends. It also makes her a target.

There will always be those girls that go out of their way to cause other girls issues. They pick apart every thing different about them and try to belittle them at every turn. Poor Jessie. Nothing she does seems to be right. She needs an escape. She needs a friend. Enter a mysterious person determined to encourage her.

I cannot begin to explain how much I enjoyed this book. The characters are wonderfully written and we all know people like them. The overall writing was very good and flowed well. I am rating this book Four Red Books because it was predictable at times. That being said, I would definitely recommend it and will be reading more of the author's work.


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