Teens mostly e-mail, text, IM, or call each other nowadays,
right? Dash and Lily are completely different. They met by notebook, and it
stayed that way for a while. Let me explain. Dash, short for Dashiell, is in
his favorite bookstore in New York City, and on the shelves he finds a red
moleskin notebook with handwritten instructions involving a challenge, and not
an easy one. The challenge – if done correctly – will get the notebook back to
its owner. The challenge involves writing, intelligence, willingness to make a
fool out of himself, and some luck. And so the game starts. Dash and Lily don’t
actually meet for a while. They couldn’t tell you what the other one even looks
like: they’re both blanks to each, in that respect. They start sharing through
writing: thoughts, memories, aspirations – you know, the kind of stuff it’s
easier to write that to say. But both harbor a desire to meet in real life, yet
the signs are there that they won’t and can’t have the type of
relationship that they had through the notebook. What if meeting in real life
ruins everything? Read Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn and David
Levithan.
Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn and David
Levithan. 260 p. Knopf, 2010. Virginia Reader's Choice, 2012-2013. Booktalk to high school.
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