![]() ![]() Elizabeth and Lauren appear to be very different people, but they’re actually quite similar, especially when comparing how they feel about leaving for college. I really appreciate the characters’ emotions in this book. I can’t wait to share Roomies with my seniors this year and every year that I teach seniors. They understand what it means to be a teen on the cusp of adulthood. ![]() Sara Zarr and Tara Altebrando truly understand what it means to be a teen who is about to leave for college. If new adult is going to become a category that sticks around like young adult has, then it needs to have more books like Roomies published if it does. National Book Award finalist Sara Zarr and acclaimed author Tara Altebrando join forces for a novel about growing up, leaving home, and getting that one fateful e-mail that assigns your college roommate. With family relationships and childhood friendships strained by change, it suddenly seems that the only people Elizabeth and Lauren can rely on are the complicated new boys in their lives. That first note to San Franciscan Lauren sparks a series of e-mails that alters the landscape of each girl’s summer - and raises questions about how two girls who are so different will ever share a dorm room.Īs the countdown to college begins, life at home becomes increasingly complex. When East Coast native Elizabeth receives her freshman-year roommate assignment, she shoots off an e-mail to coordinate the basics: television, microwave, mini-fridge. ![]() ![]() Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers ![]()
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