Winter dreams, Christmas love

by Mary Francis Shura

Back Cover From the moment she meets him, Ellen Marlowe is in love. Star of the swim team, with dark hair and a sexy smile, upperclassman Michael Tyler is the guy every girl at Jefferson High wants to date. Ellen, only a freshman, KNOWS she doesn't stand a chance. But when her eyes meet Michaels across the crowed hallway at school, when he lingers after school with her, when he drives her home on a snowy night- something in his look and something in his touch tell her that he's more interested than he pretends. Even over the long summers apart, Ellen can't stop thinking of Michael. When Michael goes off to college, Ellen wonders if at last she'll be able to get over him. Or will the ache of longing always remain?

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Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
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