An Exception to Dreaming

"And I was upset and frustrated because I realised, drunk and ready to forget, that I liked him in a strange way, in a way different to any other way I had liked a guy before, and because I wasn’t sure if that was a good thing or not."

Hazel Elizabeth adores colours and paint, has a wild imagination, runs faster than any of the other girls in her school and sings with the voice of an angel. But she doesn't believe in love. Her two-month relationship with next-door-neighbour Nick ends and Hazel barely cares. And then she meets the Birch's; outgoing, funky Jamie; gorgeous, snobby Amanda; and Will. Blue-eyed, dark haired, and perfect in just about every way.
Over the summer before her final year of school, Hazel learns that sometimes you have to disregard your own beliefs and rules, and throw yourself into the hands of something greater.