Waiting for You
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| Rating | : | 4.89 (816 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0142415758 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-06-29 |
| Language | : | English |
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LisaMarie7"Five Stars" according to LisaMarie721Five Stars A+. . A+. 1Five Stars A+. said Five Stars. A+. Teen Reads said Colasanti Does A Great Job of Creating Realistic Teen Characters. Marisa and her best friend Sterling have a ritual. "We get together before school starts, when all of the electric energy of possibility is zinging around, and make a pact on how we want our lives to change. There's only so much waiting a person can endure until they start thinking that maybe nothing exciting will ever happen to them. Like, ever."For Marisa, she would like nothing more than to start fresh. In her first year of high school, she was diagnosed with an anxiety disorder and did some bizarre things as a freshman. She hopes that the summer and a new start will b. Waiting For You Amazon Customer Marisa's story is a classic dilemma. Nerdy boy likes girl, girl likes popular boy, will things ever work out for the two?Marisa and Nash have always been neighbors but have grown apart over the years. Nash is the nerdy boy who is obsessed with robots and science and Marisa is the girl who would love to be popular but can never quite fit in. Marisa's problem is that she has an anxiety disorder that made most people think that she was crazy.This year, though, Marisa and her best friend Sterling make a pact that Sophomore year will be the best yet. They both plan to reinvent
From School Library Journal Grade 7–10—With summer camp over, Marissa and her best friend, Sterling, eagerly await the beginning of sophomore year. . Reality kicks in the first day of school though, and, according to Marissa, "it majorly sucks." Sure, Derek is at least smiling at her, but her history of anxiety and depression still haunts her, even though she is determined to put it behind her. Everything is going well until she realizes that Nash has fallen for her, her parents are splitting up because her mother has had an affair, Derek and his ex are spending a lot of time together, Sterling is about to hook up with a guy she met online who is at least six years older than she is, and her depression is returning. All rights reserved. She enjoys talking with him but thinks he is much too nerdy for her. Nash, her old friend and next-door neighbor who has not sp
She is dealing with overcoming depression and anxiety, a family that is falling apart, and a best friend who won't stop talking to sketchy guys online. He already has a girlfriend. Derek is clearly the boy Marisa has been waiting for, but there's just one problem. Then there's Nash, the dorktastic boy next door with zero boyfriend potential. So of course Nash wants to take his friendship with Marisa to the next level.But her boy drama is the least of Marisa's issues. At the beginning of sophomore