What do you do when you’ve fallen for your best friend? Crazy and romantic, this effervescent tale about family, friendship, and obtaining yourself is perfect for enthusiasts of Sarah Dessen and Jenny Han.

Seventeen-year-old Abby Turner’s summer months isn’t going the way she’d planned. She has a not-so-secret but certainly unrequited crush on her behalf closest friend, Cooper. She hasn’t been able to manage her mother’s growing issues with panic. And now she’s been declined from a skill show because her function “has no about Love, Existence, and the List heart.” So when she gets another opportunity to present her paintings, Abby isn’t likely to take any chances.

Which is where the list will come in.

Abby offers herself one month to do 10 things, ranging from face a fear (#3) to learn a stranger’s story (#5) to fall in love (#8). She understands that if she can total the list, she’ll end up being the kind of artist she’s always dreamed of being.

But simply because the deadline strategies, Abby realizes that getting through the list isn’t mainly because straightforward since it seems . and that maybe-just maybe-she can’t transformation her art if she isn’t first willing to switch herself.