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" The stats: Lola and the Boy Next Door is the second novel from the Stephanie Perkins, author ofAnna and the French Kiss. It will be available in stores September 29. The gist: Lola&amp;#039;s no girl next door \u2014 she&amp;#039;s the complete opposite, actually. At only seventeen years old, she&amp;#039;s established herself as a true fashionista, with a totally fearless and unique style. She doesn&amp;#039;t wear outfits \u2014 she wears costumes, rocking wigs and DIY clothing, inspired by everyone from Barbie to Cleopatra. She has big plans for her future, and everything&amp;#039;s been going pretty well lately: She&amp;#039;s been having a great time with her best friend, she&amp;#039;s been getting along with her super strict parents, and she even managed to snag herself a super hot rock star boyfriend. But then Cricket and Calliope Bell move back into the neighborhood, interrupting Lola&amp;#039;s routine life with old memories and feelings. Lola was perfectly happy before, but now she a choice to make \u2014 does she ignore Cricket and their history for her new life, or does she give it all up for the boy next door? Our favorite part: We loved all of Lola&amp;#039;s relationships, especially her friendship with Calliope, Cricket&amp;#039;s twin sister. It felt so real \u2014 we&amp;#039;ve probably all had friends who we fall in and out with. Lola&amp;#039;s character and her situation were so relatable that we couldn&amp;#039;t put the book down! We also loved reading about Lola&amp;#039;s outfits \u2014 completely outrageous! You&amp;#039;ll love it if... you&amp;#039;re a big fan of classic stories with a twist. It wasn&amp;#039;t just a love story. It was a story about friendship, growing up, and making hard decisions, which are topics we can all relate to. It&amp;#039;s also a great read for those of you who are future designers \u2014 Lola herself is an inspiration! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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