In this gem of a first novel, Han artfully captures the wonder and complexity of that on-the-brink-of-womanhood age. Twelve-year-old Shug is a clever, brave, and true (on the inside) girl who experiencing the angst of junior high. nAnnemarie Shug Wilcox is clever and brave and true (on the inside anyway). And shes about to become your new best friend in this enchanting middle grade novel from the New York Times bestselling author of To All the Boys Ive Loved Before (soon to be a major motion picture ), Jenny Han. nAnnemarie Wilcox, or Shug as her family calls her, is beginning to think theres nothing worse than being twelve. Shes too tall, too freckled, and way too flat-chested. Shug is sure that theres not one good or amazing thing about her. And now she has to start junior high, where the friends she counts most dear arent acting so dear anymore -- especially Mark...n