To All The Boys I've Loved Before

To All The Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han, 355 pages

Lara Jean keeps a stash of love letters.  They aren't letters she's received, but letters she's written, to boys that she's had crushes o.  She writes them to help get over the crush.  She has one that she wrote to her sister's boyfriend, Josh.  Lara Jean is a year younger than Josh, and he fell for her older sister, Margot.  Now Margot is going to college in Scotland and she's broken up with Josh.  Lara Jean is terrified that she won't be able to get along without Margot.  Margot has always been in charge since their mother died and now Lara Jean feels responsible for her father and little sister, Kitty.  Suddenly, Lara Jean's world is turned upside down when her letters start turning up in the hands of the boys they were written to.  This is a really well written story about family and teen angst, and first loves.  Teen girls who like realistic fiction will probably love this book.