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A brainy girl's first crush — on a certain British royal — leads to unexpected discoveries about life, loss, love, and loyalty in this hilarious, poignant, award-winning novel set in modern Berlin.Nelly Sue Edelmeister knows exactly who she is: a skinny thirteen-year-old Berlin schoolgirl with thick glasses, a brain the size of the ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, and a brilliant career ahead in astronomy. But that's before she develops a hopeless crush on the handsome and newly bereaved Price William, future king of Great Britain. And it's definitely before she meets the odd but oddly attractive Maximilian Minsky — former New Yorker, full-out goth, and basketball ace — who is klutzy Nelly's last hope for making the school team before it heads off to Eton, England, and virtually into Prince William's arms.
About the Author
As a young woman, Holly-Jane Rahlens, a born New Yorker, moved to Berlin, Germany, where she has flourished in the German media world, working in radio, television, and film, and creating a series of highly praised one-woman shows. In 2003 her novel "Prince William, Maximilian Minsky and Me" earned the prestigious Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis as the best young adult novel published in Germany. It was adapted into the major motion picture "Max Minsky and Me," which has since earned prizes around the world.
