The View from the Top is about figuring out who you are, and how that matches up to the way other people see you.
About the book
Eighteen-year-old Anabelle's last few months in her coastal hometown are bittersweet. Instead of the quiet precollege summer she expects, Anabelle makes some surprising discoveries about herself as she navigates romantic entanglements and changing friendships. Through shifting points of view in seven interconnected stories, we glimpse the limits of how well her friends really know Anabelle . . . and how little she grasps about the way they see her.
Top 10 Romance Books for Youth, Booklist
What People Are Saying
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“These elegantly written character-driven episodes, each from a different point of view, intimately examine issues of unrequited love, social class, and identity seeking through pitch-perfect interactions that teens will find achingly familiar.”
Jennifer Hubert, Booklist, starred review
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“This Russian stacking doll of a novel is exquisite. I read The View from the Top in four straight hours, and then I started it all over again.”
Lauren Mechling, Dream Girl and How Could She
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“Hillary Frank has a gift for capturing life’s odd beauty and hilarious awkwardness. Her writing — honest and tender, full of humor and heartbreak — is intstantly engaging and expertly observed. I loved The View from the Top from the first page to the last.”
Davy Rothbarth, FOUND magazine