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Dash & Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn, David Levithan

This was a fun light read. For some reason though I was not aware that this was more of a holiday type of book.

Dash and Lily know each other only by the words written in a moleskin notebook. They enlist their family and friends to contribute to drop off and collection points daring each other into wild and not so crazy situations. As they move closer to meeting they discover that they are not sure of themselves and each other.

The story is well written and causes me to wonder if I would have gone through with some of the antics these two go through. It's a bit of a pen pal in the city, close but no where near each other. There is humor and seriousness causing a nice balance of realism.