The Boy I Love (26 page)

also by nina de gramont

every little thing in the world

meet me at the river

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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.

Text copyright © 2014 by Nina de Gramont

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First Edition

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Gramont, Nina de.

The boy I love / Nina de Gramont. — First edition.

pages cm

Summary: “Sixteen-year-old Wren has fallen in love with the most sought-after boy in school, but his secret will both bring them together, and keep them apart.”—Provided by publisher.

ISBN 978-1-4424-8056-8 (hardcover) — ISBN 978-1-4424-8058-2 (eBook)

[1. Love—Fiction. 2. Friendship—Fiction. 3. Secrets—Fiction. 4. Sexual orientation—Fiction.] I. Title.

PZ7.G76564Bo 2014

[Fic]—dc23

2013045455