Fifteen — Beverly Cleary

Having a boyfriend isn't the answer!

He'd be at least sixteen, old enough to have a driver's license, and he'd have a sense of humor, and he'd be tall....

Fifteen-year-old Jane Purdy dreams of having such a boyfriend but doesn't think it will ever really happen. So when Jane meets Stan Crandall, a newcomer to her town, her luck seems too good to be true. Stan is everything she wants in a boyfriend, and more. But does he like her as much? Does he have a girlfriend back in his old hometown? "It's just not going to work" Jane decides. But every time she decides that, the phone rings. It's Stan....