Everything
began in 1957, when second-graders Bryce and Juli
Baker first meet, Julyknewthat she thougt and felt about love.
But Bryce wasn't so
sure. Girl-phobic and easily embarrassed, and of course strange,
young Bryce does everything he can keep his outspoken
want-to-be girlfriend at arm's length for the next six years, which isn't easy
since they go to the same school and live across the street from each other.
When they
start the sixth grade, Bryce hopes that he can get rid of Juli so he asks the
girl that Juli
hates the most, Sherry Stalls (Ashley Taylor), out on a date. This plan of
Bryce's works for a while up until his best friend, Garrett (Israel Broussard), takes
an interest in Sherry and tells her the truth about Bryce asking her out. Juli
finds out Bryce and Sherry break up; she goes back to her regular
Bryce-obsessed self.
From
Juli's point of view, when she and Bryce first met, she returned her feelings
but was just shy and embarrassed. When he "held her hand" she
thought she would get her first kiss from him in the second grade. Juli knew
that she was flipped. After finding out that Bryce and Sherry broke up, she
thought she could have her old Bryce back. She spent the whole year smelling
his watermelon scented hair and wondering if she'd ever get her “dream kiss”.
In 1963, now in
seventh grade, Bryce's grandfather moves in with the family. Chet finds, their neighbour,
especially Juliis different, and special. Then, he asks Bryce about Juli.
In the
story, actuallythere's a large and old sycamore tree that Juli loves which no one understands. One day, it's cut down by the
owner in spite of Juli's protest and dismay. Her voice narrates her love for
the tree that let her see the world in a much more enlightened way.
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