The Secret Year by Jennifer Hubbard

I picked this book up for a couple of dollars from a discount store. Within two hours of getting it home, I had finished it. I didn't want to put this book down. It focuses on a young man who is relatively poor who has this secret romance with a rich girl from up the mountain. He reads her journal for a year after a significant event.

This book covers being a teen. There is a love story, broken hearts, grief, unrequited love, unfaithful romances, embarrassment, and so much more. I took it to my sister and while she and cousin S and I were playing cards, S read through at least 100 pages, only stopping to play her hand. She couldn't put it down, either, and it is being returned to Sister when she finishes. I do recommend this book. It was really good.