num_pages: 182
description: How can a girl have fun with a game if she's only watching from the sidelines? That's what sixteen-year-old Kelly Williams wonders when her best friend, Faith, complains that it's time to stop pretending and find real romance. As Kelly sees her friends, her older brother and even her parents knowingly and unknowingly play at romance, she decides to create a real game - a board game called Romance that captures the way people behave in matters of love and dating.From broken hearts to happily ever after, Caroline Cooney's inventive novel is sure to capture readers' hearts.Includes a board game of "Romance"!
language: English
title: The Girl Who Invented Romance
titlecomplete: The Girl Who Invented Romance
genres: Fiction, Young Adult Romance, Teen, Realistic Fiction, Young Adult, Childrens, Chick Lit, High School, Romance
ratings_count: 571
publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers