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Gr 10 Up—Benedict Maximus Pendleton is the son of a best-selling author and completely unable to interact with his peers because of his "social problems," as he calls them. Penelope Lupo feels trapped by her popularity and suspects that her sexual appetite makes her a freak. When simultaneous family vacations force them together, Benedict and Pen discover that the things that make them different might make them perfect for each other. Through their bond, both are able to recognize unhealthy relationships and set boundaries. Their romance, though intense,...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Benedict Maximus Pendleton is a pretentious straight-A student, robotically literal-minded and obsessed with (the appearance of) perfection--understandably, as his similarly unemotional psychiatrist father is the author of the bestseller Being a Perfect Person. Though she's "a stoner and a loser," according to Benedict, Penelope Lupo is really an emotionally and intellectually repressed Catholic girl who is tired of faking normalcy. (And who, we learn in her first chapter, "masturbate[s] a ton.") That thes...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Benedict Maximus Pendleton is a pretentious straight-A student. "Stoner and loser" Penelope Lupo is a repressed Catholic girl. That...Log In or Sign Up to Read More