A sweet, clever, contemporary YA romance with awfully mature teens mapping wisdom from 19th-century literature onto modern-day high school pursuits. It works about as well as you'd imagine.

Lots to love here for classical lit lovers — you can play "spot the reference" throughout the whole book — but the strength is in the friendships Mary makes and the lessons she learns. Yes, you're the lead in your own story, but life isn't written yet, and you get to revise as you go.