Ruby realizes that she's not as popular as she thinks and suddenly, she cares about whether boys like her or not. Adam was embarrassed to be seen with her and wanted nothing to do with her, even insulting her glasses, calling her 'Four Eyes,' in front of everyone. When they got older, however, they split up to attend different schools and Ruby didn't see Adam again until she was in high school and their schools met up for an interschool dance. When they first started playing together, the two were inseparable. The first boyfriend Ruby remembers having is Adam Cox in preschool.

Although she's initially reluctant of the task, Ruby wracks her brain and comes up with a list of the top fifteen guys she thinks have had the strongest impact on her life. Figuring that Ruby's panic attacks might have something to do with the plethora of romantic relationships she's been having, Doctor Z gives Ruby the assignment of chronicling her love life, from the moment she felt her first romantic flutter, until now. Her parents, worried that she might be becoming anorexic, order her to the care of Doctor Z, a neighborhood psychologist. Through a special assignment to list all the boys she's ever had the slightest, little, any-kind-of-anything with, comes an unfortunate series of events that would be enough to send any girl in a panic.The Boyfriend List is the humorous story of fifteen-year-old Ruby Oliver's quest to discover what about her love life has driven her to debilitating panic attacks.Īfter being dumped by her boyfriend and becoming 'a leper' in school, fifteen-year-old Ruby Oliver has begun suffering from panic attacks that leave her heart racing, her brow sweaty, and her legs shaking.

Lost her boyfriend (#13 on the boyfriend list),ĭid something suspicious with a boy (#10),ĭrank her first beer (someone handed it to her),Īnd had graffiti written about her in the girls' bathroom.īut don't worry, Ruby lives to tell the tale. But before you make up your mind about her, you should know that she has had a pretty awful (and eventful) past ten days. Lockhart, author of the New York Times bestseller and Zoella Book Club 2016 title, We Were Liars, comes this hilarious and heart-warming series.ġ5 Guys, 11 Shrink Appointments, 4 Ceramic Frogs and Me, Ruby Oliver

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