Me and Earl and the Dying Girl/Jesse Andrews/295 pgs.

Greg Gaines is a senior in high school, and thinks he has it all figured out how to fly under the radar. He and his friend, Earl Jackson, make movies--and that's using the term "movies" loosely! Life is fine for Greg until his mom enlists his help when her friend, Denise, finds out that her daughter, Rachel, has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of leukemia. Rachel and Greg know each other, but have never had a very strong friendship. This is a story of teenage angst, humor, sadness--a plethora of teenage emotions. It also deals with sickness and death in a realistic manner. It was a good read.