Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List
by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan

    NAOMI AND ELY'S NO KISS LIST by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan
    Category:  Contemporary
    Age Recommendation:  Grades 9+
    Release Date:  8/28/07
    Publisher:  Knopf
    Reviewed by:  Dianna Geers
    Rating:  5 Stars


    Naomi and Ely have grown up across the hall from each other in their Manhattan apartments. They have been
    together forever and know every detail about each other. Naomi knows that she and Ely will grow up to be
    married, have children, and live happily ever after.

    Even if Ely is gay.

    However, as many of us find out, life rarely turns out the way people plan. Parents don’t always stay married, we
    don’t always marry the person we love the most, people don’t always keep promises, boys don’t always love
    girls, and soul mates don’t really exist. No matter how much you think they do. No matter how desperately you
    want them to. Life just doesn’t happen that way. And really, should it?

    This story is told in chapters of varying points of view. Your heart races, it aches, and it loves while you are
    brought into the world of lovable but flawed characters.

    One of the biggest questions that comes up again and again is: How does one go on with life when everything
    they once knew and once planned on is no longer possible?