Rich and Mad

Maddy is a sixteen-year-old who likes

a boy in her theater club.

Joe is cute and popular and, incredibly,

sending signals that he likes her back.

Or does he? Isn’t Joe going out with Gemma?

Rich has a crush on Grace, and he even sends a letter

of recommendation from the pope to get

her to pay attention to him. But Grace

doesn’t appreciate that tactic. . . .

The problem is, in life’s messy

mixed signals of friends and lies

and sex and status, true love can

be hard to find. And the real thing

doesn’t always come in the most obvious

package, either. Is it possible that the person

you never thought of that way is the one

who will ultimately touch your

heart?

This compelling exploration of feelings,

expectations, and attraction offers a

contemporary and candid look at love

and sexuality while moving readers with

its gentle portrayal of a very special first

relationship.