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Fans of Nick Hornby, Huntley Fitzpatrick, and Me and Earl and the Dying Girl will love this smart, funny, poignant YA romance and coming-of-age story from the boy s perspective lake effect - n. Theeffectofanylake, especiallytheGreatLakes, inmodifyingtheweatherinnearbyareas It s the summer after his senior year, and driven, focused Briggs Henry is ready to leave behind his ex-girlfriend, his comically aggressive grandmother, and his parents money troubles for Lake Michigan and its miles of sandy beaches. He s lined up a summer job working as a personal assistant and living in a gorgeous Victorian on the water exactly the kind of house Briggs plans to buy his parents once he s a multi-millionaire. But when he arrives, his boss, the eccentric Mrs. Bosic, tells him to get dressed for her funeral. Uh . . . It s the first of many funerals they ll attend this summer to hilarious and eye-opening effect. Add to this a new set of friends-cum-enemies-cum-friends-again, and Abigail, the mysterious girl next door on whom Briggs s charms repeatedly fail, and the lake effect is beginning to take on a whole new meaning."