Eliza Gordon-Fergusâbest friend of Merrilee Campbellâis an expert rule-follower. She has to be; her scientist parents demand she follow dozens of them.
They call it âparenting-by-proxyâ since theyâre rarely on the same continent. Their rules dictate her nutrition, education, sleep, workouts ... and forbid her from dating. Eliza studiously obeys them all.
Which is why she finds Curtis Cavendish maddening. Rules donât seem to apply to him. Heâs never punished for his class-clown anticsâand worse, his mischief actually masks brilliance. Like, give-Eliza-a-run-for-valedictorian brilliance.
When Eliza reads Frankenstein for English class, sheâs left feeling more like an experiment than a daughter. Curtis agrees to trade her Anne of Green Gablesunder one condition: She has to beat him at the science fair. Eliza knows theyâre supposed to be competing, but
the more time they spend together, the more she realizes sheâs in over her head. Because one thingâs certain about Curtis: He makes Eliza want to break all the rules.