1A Time Best YA Book of All Time (2021). Over 4 million copies sold! Judy Blume's groundbreaking novel about first relationships, first love, and...the first time--now with a stunning new look!The bed is brass, covered with a patchwork quilt, and "nice and firm," Michael says, "in case you're interested." Katherine is interested. Katherine and Michael are ready--for each other, for love. Katherine is ready for her first time. They are both ready for this to be forever. They are perfect together, inseparable. Until the summer separates them, and Katherine meets Theo. But she and Michael are truly in love. That means forever. Right? Is this really the love of a lifetime, or the very beginning of a lifetime of love?