Tell Me Three Things

By: Julie Buxbaum

A New York Times Bestseller

Summary
● Comedy, tragedy, love & pain

● Jessie moves to an
intimidating prep school in
Los Angeles after her mother
dies.

● Her father had eloped with a

women online where she is
forced to move in with her
stepmother and her son.
Purpose
-Julie also lost her mother at the age of fourteen

-Author writes about an alternate character of herself

Strategy
● Anticipation till the very end of the book

Example:

-Pg 315. “......all of a sudden Caleb is here too, right behind Ethan
and of course all three of them would be here for the great SN
reveal.”

● Uses texting as a way to grab the reader's attention

Reviews
Jessica September 04, 2017
let me tell you three things:
1. this story is the ultimate meet cute of all
meet cutes that have ever existed
2. my cheeks received a world class workout
from all the smiling reading this made me
do
3. this book was everything i could have
hoped for and more
Anonymous January 19th, 2017
“Couldn't make myself put this book down
no matter how late it got, where I had to
go, what I had to do, I just wanted to get
back to the book and see what happened
next. Anyone whose ever started over, lost
someone, felt alone, or wanted to know
what it's like, read this book.”
Nicola Yoon
“Charming, funny, and deeply affecting.”