The desperate need for approval from others & wanting to belong. It deals with wanting to be popular & fitting in. I loved this book! It was my first book by this author & it was fabulous! It’s about teenagers, bullying, & the journey of finding out who you are. He is in her heart, & essential to her happiness. They’ve never seen each other’s faces, but she loves him unconditionally & completely. He’s been her best friend since they were eleven, & she’s never gone this long without hearing from him. Ryen hasn’t heard from Misha in three months & is going crazy without him. When he is faced with seeing the one person that means the world to him, will she live up to his expectations? Ryen has always been perfect in Misha’s head. He has a great life that is suddenly turned upside down, & everything seems to be falling apart. He’s in a band called Cipher Core where he sings and plays guitar.

Misha lives in a wealthy community called Thunder Bay. No social media, no phone numbers, & no photos, so when Misha stumbles across a photo online of a beautiful girl named Ryen he doesn’t know what to do. They feel it will keep their letters more special. Ryen & Misha only live about thirty miles apart, but they made a pact to not meet. They’ve become each other’s safe place over the last seven years. They tell each other everything & accept each other as is. They become the best of friends over the years & are obsessed with each other’s letters. They are paired up with someone of the same sex, but the teachers make a mistake based on their names. Ryen Trevarrow & Misha Lare become pen pals in the fifth grade when they are required to write each other as part of a school project. Or right under my nose, and I wouldn’t even know it. I should’ve gotten his number or picture or something. Did he die? Get arrested? Knowing Misha, neither would be a stretch. Name’s Ryen, loves Gallo’s pizza, and worships her iPhone. Until I run across a photo of a girl online. No social media, no phone numbers, no pictures. She’s the only one who keeps me on track, talks me down, and accepts everything I am. Sometimes there’s one a week or three in a day, but I need them. Her letters are always on black paper with silver writing. Whether or not Eminem is the greatest rapper ever…Īnd that was the start. And in no time at all, we were arguing about everything. It didn’t take long for us to figure out the mistake. My teacher, believing Ryen was a boy like me, agreed. Thinking I was a girl, with a name like Misha, the other teacher paired me up with her student, Ryen. In fifth grade, my teacher set us up with pen pals from a different school. I can’t help but smile at the words in her letter.

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