First published in the USA in 2007 by Alfred A Knopf,
an imprint of Random House Children’s Books,
a division of Random House Inc, New York
First published in Great Britain in 2014
by Electric Monkey, an imprint of Egmont UK Limited
The Yellow Building, 1 Nicholas Road, London W11 4AN
Text copyright © 2007 Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
The moral rights of the authors have been asserted
First e-book edition 2014
ISBN 978 1 4052 7244 5
eISBN 978 1 7803 1501 0
www.egmont.co.uk
A CIP catalogue record for this title is available from the British Library
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The coin brought him such good luck that today Egmont has offices in over 30 countries around the world. And that lucky coin is still kept at the company’s head offices in Denmark.
To Nancy the First
Electric Monkey books by David Levithan
Every Day
How They Met and Other Stories
Two Boys Kissing
Written with Rachel Cohn
Naomi and Ely’s No Kiss List
Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist
Cover
Title Page
Copyright First published in the USA in 2007 by Alfred A Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, a division of Random House Inc, New York First published in Great Britain in 2014 by Electric Monkey, an imprint of Egmont UK Limited The Yellow Building, 1 Nicholas Road, London W11 4AN Text copyright © 2007 Rachel Cohn and David Levithan The moral rights of the authors have been asserted First e-book edition 2014 ISBN 978 1 4052 7244 5 eISBN 978 1 7803 1501 0 www.egmont.co.uk A CIP catalogue record for this title is available from the British Library All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Stay safe online. Any website addresses listed in this book are correct at time of going to print. However, Egmont is not responsible for content hosted by third parties. Please be aware that online content can be subject to change and websites can contain content that is unsuitable for children. We advise that all children are supervised when using the internet. EGMONT Our story began over a century ago, when seventeen-year-old Egmont Harald Petersen found a coin in the street. He was on his way to buy a flyswatter, a small hand-operated printing machine that he then set up in his tiny apartment. The coin brought him such good luck that today Egmont has offices in over 30 countries around the world. And that lucky coin is still kept at the company’s head offices in Denmark.
Dedication To Nancy the First
Front series promotional page Electric Monkey books by David Levithan Every Day How They Met and Other Stories Two Boys Kissing Written with Rachel Cohn Naomi and Ely’s No Kiss List Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist
Naomi: SHIVER
Bruce the Second: DIAL
Bruce the First: INSOMNIA
Ely: KEY
Naomi: ORBIT
Ely: KNOCKDOWN
Robin( ): VELMA
Bruce the Second: MUTANT
Naomi: MO(U)RNING
Ely: WEEKIVERSARY
Kelly: BINGO
Naomi: REALIZE
Gabriel: TRACKS
Bruce the Second: OUT
STARBUCKS
Bruce the First: LIKEWISE
Robin( ): FRIENDS
Gabriel: TIGER
Bruce the Second: FAIR
Naomi: UP
Ely: EASY
Naomi: EXPECTATION
Ely: CORNER
Naomi: CLOSETS
Ely: CLOSE
Acknowledgements
Back series promotional page
Egmont Press: Ethical Publishing
I lie all the time.
I lied to Mrs. Loy from the fourteenth floor when I assured her that I walked her dog three times a day and watered her plants while she went to Atlantic City to win the money for her son’s sad operation (or for her own elective plastic surgery – I’m not sure).
I lied to the co-op board of my family’s apartment building about my mom’s episode that left our living room wall in partial collapse soon after Dad left. I also backed up Mom’s lies to the board that we’d pay for the damage. Monkeys will fly outta my butt before we’ll be able to come up with the money to fix the fallout. The way I figure, if Mom and I aren’t bothered by living in ruins, why should the co-op board care?
I lied to the NYU Admissions Committee that I care about my future and my education. I’m barely a year out of high school, and already I know this NYU deal is a losing proposition. I live out the college freshman lie to hold on to the only thing in my life that’s not in ruins – Ely.
I lied to Robin ( ) from psych class when I assured her that Robin ( ) from that time at the Starbucks at Eighth and University her and will call her. There’s no $$$ for me to move into the school dorms, and Robin’s a sophomore with a rare single who goes home on the weekends and lets me use her place when I need to escape The Building. The apartment building where I’ve lived my whole life may be situated on prime Greenwich Village real estate, but escape from it is my prime priority: escape from parent drama or my lies or Mr. McAllister, the creepy up-and-down elevator man who lives down the hall from Mrs. Loy and who’s been ogling me since I was thirteen and my breasts first announced themselves in the elevator mirror.
I’ve lied to Mom every time I’ve told her I’ve stayed the night at Robin’s when really I’ve stayed over at my boyfriend’s dorm room. I lie to myself that I need to lie about my whereabouts. It’s not like Bruce the Second and I are doing it. We’re more about a in bed, then turn out the light, and – just sleep – ’til he leaves in the morning for his accounting class. I lie to him that I think accounting is a worthwhile subject to study.
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