I Can’t Tell You is about a college freshman who messes things up royally with his best friend and decides to stop talking — even if it’s at the expense of messing things up royally with his crush.

About the book

After he opens his big mouth in a big fight with his best friend, Jake concludes that talking = trouble. He decides that communicating through writing is safer. Through notes scribbled on napkins and in notebooks, on upside-down calculators, and on walls with pudding-covered fingers, Jake explores new ways to express himself. But there are also the notes he never sends. To his flirty friend. Who is just a friend. But could be more than a friend. But isn’t — or is she? Jake + Xandra = a story about what it means to be “just friends.” All without saying a word.

What People Are Saying

  • “Frank once again shows her dexterity in crafting entirely believable characters in the crucible of freshman dorm life.”

    The Bulletin

  • “Frank’s experiment is fascinating.”

    Michael Cart, Booklist

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