

But then Zoe deviates from the stories and starts thinking for herself, throwing Jade into a whirl of worry. Jade finally has the real best friend she’s longed for. They look alike, and real Zoe’s first day in Jade’s sixth grade class unfolds exactly like the one Jade wrote for her. But everything about this girl mirrors Jade’s creation. Jade thinks she’s dreaming this can’t be her Zoe. Reality and fiction collide when an actual girl named Zoe moves in next door.

She lives next door, they do everything together, and when Jade needs her, she gets out her beloved notebook and writes herself and Zoe into a story. Although Zoe exists solely on paper, she’s real to Jade. Sick of making friends and losing them, aspiring author Jade Levy writes herself a best friend. Friends come and go, and no one keeps in touch. No one stays in Tiveda, Colorado, for long.

A lonely girl creates her own best friend.
