***Now appearing at the LHS Library***

Nov 14, 2011

This week’s book is titled:
Dash and Lily’s Book of Dares
by Rachel Cohn

Told in the alternating voices of Dash and Lily, two sixteen-year-olds carry on a wintry scavenger hunt at Christmas-time in New York, neither knowing quite what–or who–they will find.

From http://www.teenreads.com/reviews/dash-lilys-book-of-dares

Rachel Cohn and David Levithan’s first collaborative young adult novel, NICK & NORAH’S INFINITE PLAYLIST, gained huge visibility when it was turned into a popular movie starring Michael Cera and
Kat Dennings. The film, with its unconventional, music-laden New York City whirlwind romance, was undoubtedly good. But those who read the original book were treated to something even more special
— the chance to witness a literary collaboration unfolding on the page. Cohn wrote Norah’s chapters; Levithan penned Nick’s. With no planning or discussion in between, the two sent each other story installments one chapter at a time, with no idea what new twists or surprising connections the other would impose or uncover. For avid readers, especially aspiring writers, the novel is a delightful glimpse into an ideal writing partnership.

Now, in DASH & LILY’S BOOK OF DARES, their third collaboration (after NAOMI AND ELY’S NO KISS LIST), Cohn and Levithan become more self-reflective, as — even within the context of a truly delightful love story — the two offer plenty of musings about the process of writing, communication, narrating one’s own life, and even the people within it.