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(4) Base Camp
First, let's get the slightly daunting aspects of Perfect out of the way: It's over six hundred pages long, and it's written in verse. When you first see it on the bookshelf, looking like a doorstop and dwarfing all the other books in the YA section, you might be tempted to pass it by. But don't, because we promise you'll fly through it.
See, this isn't Shakespeare-type poetry; you won't be wondering what the author means with a bunch of wherefores and forsooths. Nope, the narrators' voices are contemporary and accessible, complete with references to Katy Perry and Facebook, and a whole lot of drama (like, a lot of drama) to pull you in. Don't be surprised if you fly through a hundred pages without even realizing it.