Lockhart, E. The Boyfriend List: 15 Guys, 11 Shrink Appointments, 4 Ceramic Frogs and Me, Ruby Oliver. 2005. 229p. ISBN 9780385732062. Available at FIC LOC on the library shelves and as an eBook on Overdrive.
When Ruby Oliver experiences her fifth panic attack at the dinner table in front of her parents, they send her to see a psychiatrist with the hope that she can work through her issues. As a sophomore in a private high school, Ruby had a good life. But everything crashed around her as she was dumped by her boyfriend Jackson, lost her best friends, annoyed the girl’s lacrosse team, and caused chaos at school.
Her psychiatrist asked her to write about all of the boys she ever liked, and Ruby came up with a list of fifteen. Through her appointments, she goes through the list, attempting to discover what about herself gives her panic attack, and as she reflects she learns some hard truths.
An hilarious look at the dating scene in school, the Boyfriend List will be sure to please readers. For a male perspective on dating, read Grasshopper Jungle or Me and Earl and the Dying Girl.
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