The story is structured around a series of deviations and mysteries as each mystery is solved, a new one springs up, spurring the plot onward and making the novel compulsively readable. The time loop mechanic has the potential to be repetitive, but Couch makes the excellent decision to begin the narrative right at the moment that things in Clark’s Groundhog Day begin to change. Beau doesn’t appear again on day 311, though, and Clark wonders if Beau could be stuck in the time loop as well, and if so, perhaps together they can finally learn how to escape.
Making a new friend in a time loop seems impossible until day 310, when a boy whom Clark has never seen before in all the previous September 19ths shows up in his trig class, and the two end up spending a whirlwind afternoon together. Clark’s confession, however, prompts the first deviation in 309 consecutive days when his therapist gives him four tips to beating loneliness, the first of which is to make a new friend. Partly it’s due to his parents’ divorce, partly due to his best friend moving to another state, but mostly it’s due to the September 19th time loop itself, of which only Clark is aware. Bulletin of the Center for Children's BooksĬlark has been stuck in September 19th for 309 days before he finally tells his therapist the truth: he’s lonely. In addition to excellent structure and pacing, Couch also provides a compelling, endearing narrator in Clark." Guys like Zach Chesterton.ĭetermined to prove that Blaine can be what Joey wants, Blaine decides to enter the running to become his successor (and beat out Joey's new boyfriend, Zach) as senior student council president.* "The story is structured around a series of deviations and mysteries as each mystery is solved, a new one springs up, spurring the plot onward and making the novel compulsively readable. And if Joey wants to go far in life, he needs to start dating more serious guys.
On their one-year anniversary.īecause, according to Joey, Blaine is too goofy, too flighty, too.unserious. Popular of Wicker West High School, Joey-is going to invite Blaine to spend spring break with his family in beautiful, sunny Cabo San Lucas.Įxcept Joey breaks up with him instead. And he is absolutely, 100% positive that aforementioned perfect boyfriend-senior student council president and Mr. High school junior Blaine Bowers has it all-the perfect boyfriend, a pretty sweet gig as a muralist for local Windy City businesses, a loving family, and awesome, talented friends. After being dumped so his boyfriend can pursue more "serious" guys, a teen boy decides to prove he can be serious, too, by running for senior class president in this "clever, fun, original" (BCCB) romp from the author of The Sky Blues.
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