The Treasure Map of Boys

“Heartbreak was never so much fun.” — Booklist

In this third book in the Ruby Oliver series, Roo  is back at Tate Prep, and it’s her thirty-seventh week in the state of Noboyfriend. Her panic attacks are bad, her love life is even worse, and what’s more:

• Noel is writing her notes,
• Jackson is giving her frogs,
• Gideon is helping her cook,
• and Finn is making her brownies.
• Rumors are flying, and Ruby’s already sucky reputation is heading downhill.

Not only that, she’s also:

• Running a bake sale,
• learning the secrets of heavy metal therapy,
• encountering some seriously smelly feet,
• defending the rights of pygmy goats,
• and bodyguarding Noel from unwanted advances.

In this companion novel to  The Boyfriend List,  The Boy Book,  and Real Live Boyfriends, Ruby struggles to secure some sort of mental health, to understand what constitutes a real friendship, and — if such a thing exists — to find true love.

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Read a preview chapter, in which Roo encounters Jackson while wearing a truly horrible sweater and learns a disturbing secret.
Check out “Bake Sale” — the short story that inspired this book.
Take the Treasure Map Love and Relationship Quiz.

“Neurotic, lovable, and painfully believable …Replete with wordplay, footnotes and … lots of laugh-out-loud moments, this is a worthy follow-up for fans….Ruby is smart, confused and often foolish when it comes to love; few characters ring this true. As Ruby would say: complete and utter deliciousness.” — Kirkus Reviews

“Despite her obvious insecurities, Ruby is funny–very funny. She expresses herself in a manner both self-deprecating and precocious, with a quirky use of language and an appreciation for the absurd that is thoroughly endearing. A definite purchase if you have the first two in the series; if you don’t, consider getting all three for reluctant readers and lovers of chick-lit.” — School Library Journal