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A Short History of the Girl Next Door by Reck, Jared is a humor available to read on EtoBox.

What is A Short History of the Girl Next Door about?

Equal parts hilarious and heartbreaking, this unrequited love story will appeal to fans of Jennifer Niven, John Green, and Jesse Andrews. Seriously, how can you see a person nearly every day of your life and never think a thing of it, then all of a sudden, one day, it's different' You see that goofy grin a thousand times and just laugh. But goofy grin #1,001 nearly stops your heart' Right. That sounds like a bad movie already. Matt Wainwright is constantly sabotaged by the overdramatic movie director in his head. He can't tell his best friend, Tabby, how he really feels about her, he implodes on the JV basketball team, and the only place he feels normal is in Mr. Ellis's English class, discussing the greatest fart scenes in literature and writing poems about pissed-off candy-cane lumberjacks. If this were a movie, everything would work out perfectly. Tabby would discover that Matt's madly in love with her, be overcome with emotion, and would fall into his arms. Maybe in the rain. But that's not how it works. Matt watches Tabby get swept away by senior basketball star and all-around great guy Liam Branson. Losing Tabby to Branson is bad enough, but screwing up and losing her as a fr

Who reads A Short History of the Girl Next Door?

It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.

Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.

Author
Reck, Jared
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Published
2017
Language
EN
ISBN
9781524716080
Category
humor
Subjects
Fiction, Romance, Children'S
Rating
4.12 / 5 (617 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-13

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