A high school senior develops a major crush on a younger guy in Caroline B. Cooney's tender, funny story about falling in loveSeventeen-year-old Holly Carroll hates the cold weathersometimes she thinks she's going to die of winter. She lives in New Hampshire, where snow's a staple and everyone's gearing up for the annual Ice Sculpture Festival. What Holly wants for Christmas this year is a boyfriend. In Bermuda. Then one day, she notices Jamie Winter. He's nice, cool, and really good looking. He's also sixteenher younger brother's age.Her friends want to know how Holly can eventhinkabout dating a junior. All Holly knows is that she and Jamie have a great time together. He's not only fun, he's sensitive. And whip smart. But that doesn't stop her friends from trying to set her up. Suddenly, dateless Holly has prospects, like the twenty-one-year-old college man who drives a silver Corvette. And there's handsome, popular Pete Stein, who suddenly seems interested. But no one can compare to Jamie. Is Holly willing to risk the scorn of her classmatesand her whole schoolto be with the boy she loves?