First love- from the boy's point of vie

Ok, so it's been almost 20 years since I read the book.... twice. I found it quite amusing and entertaining even though it didn't fit my standard genre of Alfred Hitchcock & the 3 investigators or Astronomy books. It was one of my absolute favorite fiction books, and the reason I looked it up now on Amazon is because my wife, a teacher, had never heard of it. I guess some great works are just obscure. Too bad.

This is a good, well-thought-out story of a young man suffering from depression, and the timid, sad girl he befriends. The gradual growth of their friendship is moving and realistic. Very readable and interesting. Contains some guarded references to sexuality and emotional abuse, but nothing really over-stated. The ending is a bit unrealistic, but still, a very good book.

This story about a teen whose parents divorce and he has to choose which one he wants to be with. He picks his dad, and they try to get along in their new environment. The story is nicely paced, with a lot of humor stirred in with a lot of love.