Waiting for You By: Susane Colasanti

In the book Waiting for You the main character Marisa has decided to make a change in herself from her freshman year self to what her sophomore year self will be. She wants to portray herself in a new way her second year. Her and her best friend Sterling have made a pact that they will forever live for the moment and try to find boyfriends. Friendships are renewed with old childhood friends. While rekindling friendships she also attracts the attention of charming and flirtatious Derek. Her parents have started to act different then previously. Her best friend Sterling tends to fail for older men on the Internet and can not stop. The lesson learned by Marisa in the end is that life has twists and turns and does not always turn out how a person may plan their life. Yet even with the changes that come it is not always the end of the world.