Fifteen Love

New York Public Library's Books for the Teen Age, 2004

"Funny, quirky, and satisfyingly romantic."-- School Library Journal

"Where [Fifteen Love] really shines is in its intimate yet universal detailing of Will and Mia's angst-filled conversations, petty jealousies, bad viola jokes, self-doubts, and personal recriminations .... Very funny."-- The Horn Book

Mia thinks boys are immature. They only talk about cars and sports. They only think about sex.

Will has no idea what girls talk about. He wishes he were a fly on the wall. He wishes he had a tape recorder and a hidden microphone ....

Fifteen Love is a funny up-and-down story about a boy and a girl, a viola and a tennis racquet; about family and friends, flirting and true love.

As a teenager, Robert Corbet constantly fell in love with blond girls named Michelle. At college, he always fell for clever girls with long velvet dresses and short, dark hair. Then he met a girl in pink overalls who rode a motorcycle. After a long, agonizing courtship, they bought a station wagon, had three children, and lived happily ever after. Robert lives in Melbourne, Australia. He is also the author of Shelf Life for Walker & Company.