Title: Love and Other Perishable Items Author: Laura Buzo Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers Publication Date: December 11, 2012 ISBN-13: 978-0375870002 256 pp. ARC provided by publisher This novel was originally published in Australia under the title Good Oil , which makes sense once you read the book. The American title makes it sound a little chick-lit, but the book is much smarter and funnier than that. Fifteen-year-old Amelia takes a part-time job as a cashier at her local supermarket. When cute boy Chris trains her, Amelia falls hard for him. She realizes that charming, funny, smart, and occasionally brooding Chris is twenty-one, and therefore out of her league. But she cannot stop thinking about him. Or talking about him. Or making a fool of herself over him. Meanwhile, Chris is pining for a girl who broke his heart, watching his friends become more successful than him, and wondering what the hell to do with his life. The book is written from both Ameli...
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