Criss Cross

Summary

Lynne Rae Perkins follows a group of teenagers in a small town during a single summer as they navigate friendship, longing, and the quiet ache of growing up. The novel moves through shifting perspectives and includes sketches, song lyrics, and small moments that capture the drift between childhood and adolescence. Its loose, reflective style and attention to ordinary feeling mark it as a coming of age story about the people who pass through our lives.