This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real places are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and events are products of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or places or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
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First Simon Pulse hardcover edition June 2017
Text copyright © 2017 by Blake Nelson
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The text of this book was set in Palatino.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Nelson, Blake, 1960- author.
Title: Boy / Blake Nelson.
Description: Simon Pulse hardcover edition. | New York : Simon Pulse, [2017] | Summary: Popular sixteen-year-old Gavin is happy spending his time with friends, dating, and playing tennis, until a mysterious girl named Antoinette transfers to his school and influences the way he views himself, his friends, and his relationships.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016033311 (print) | LCCN 2017006338 (eBook) | ISBN 9781481488136 (hc) | ISBN 9781481488150 (eBook)
Subjects: | CYAC: High schools—Fiction. | Schools—Fiction. | Dating (Social customs)—Fiction. | Friendship—Fiction. | Popularity—Fiction. | Cliques (Sociology)—Fiction.
Classification: LCC PZ7.N4328 Bo 2017 (print) | LCC PZ7.N4328 (eBook) | DDC [Fic]—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016033311