Lombardo's Law

When the Lombardos arrive, Justine secretly hopes her new neighbor and classmate, Heather, will be a slightly off-center movie lover like herself. As it turns out, its Heathers younger brother, Mike, who shares Justines enthusiasm for film, as well as some of her daydreamers moodiness. Fast friends, Mike and Justine begin to make a movie together, but Justine soon has feelings she doesnt care to admit to anyone . . . especially herself. Is she falling for an eighth-grader? Do two lousy years and three inches really make a difference anyway? Lombardos Law is a witty love story of two precocious teenagers who have the courage to think for themselves at a time when its easier not to and when it seems no one older believes that you can.

"Its intelligent writing and characters make it more than a frothy high school love story." School Library Journal

"Its intelligent writing and characters make it more than a frothy high school love story." School Library Journal

When fifteen-year-old Justine begins to care for thirteen-year-old Mike, she must contend with peer judgment and confused feelings of her own.

Ellen Wittlinger has an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop and is the author of several young adult novels, including Hard Love, Razzle, and The Long Night of Leo and Bree. She lives in Massachusetts.