Dear Emmie Blue

In this charming and poignant novel that “oozes charm and wit and speaks beautifully about friendship and love,and the differences between the two” (Laura Pearsonauthor of I Wanted You to Know)teenager Emmie Blue releases a balloon with her email address and a big secret into the skyonly to fall head-over-heels for the boy who finds it. But fourteen years latereverything Emmie has planned is up in the air. At sixteenEmmie Blue stood in the fields of her school and released a red balloon into the sky. Attached was her nameher email address…and a secret she desperately wanted to be free of. Weeks lateron a beach in FranceLucas Moreau discovered the balloon and immediately emailed the attached addresssparking an intense friendship between the two teens. Nowfourteen years laterEmmie is hiding the fact that she’s desperately in love with Lucas. She has pinned all her hopes on him and waits patiently for him to finally admit that she’s the one for him. So dedicated to her love for LucasEmmie has all but neglected her life outside of this relationship—she’s given up the search for her absentee fatherno longer tries to build bridges with her distant motherand lives as a lodger to an old lady she barely knows after being laid off. And when Lucas tells Emmie he has a big question to ask hershe’s convinced this is the moment he’ll reveal his feelings for her. But nothing in life ever quite goes as planneddoes it? Filled with heart and humorDear Emmie Blue “beautifully captures the heartache and frustrations of carrying our teenaged selves with us wherever we go” (Anstey Harrisauthor of Goodbye Paris) that is perfect for fans of Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine and Evvie Drake Starts Over.