Smart loner Alison Shandling hates Harry Roth, and she has good reason for it. Harry is secretly miserable, and he takes it out on everyone around him, not only Alison. So when he's injured in a diving accident, it's not a surprise that he's more alone than ever. Oddly, however, after Alison is forced to spend some time in his company, the two of them begin to understand each other. "A wonderful first novel." -VOYA"A moving portrayal of two remarkable teenagers." -School Library Journal A Publishers Weekly Flying Start book.