We read it in class when I was in 8th grade – around 2012. Our teacher mostly read it to us because she only had a handful of copies, so I never held the book physically in my hands and I think that’s part of why I can’t remember what the book is called. I just remember I cried at the end. But it was about these two girls who live in a very small town. I remember there being something important about a cul-de-sac – maybe they all lived around the same cul-de-sac? But these girls have been best friends forever until this boy moves into town. His name was Ethan. They start fighting over him, and I think I remember there being something tragic about his past? The main character is really nice and sweet, I think she had a little brother, and the other one is kind of mean and jealous. There’s a school fire at the very end and Ethan dies. I’ve been trying to find it FOREVER, not necessarily because I liked it, but because I’m frustrated I can’t remember what it is.
Lost Classics of Teen Lit: Name That Book! 