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"Utterly romantic." --Jenny Han, NYT bestselling author of To All the Boys I've Loved Before

The bestselling author of Windfall and The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight returns with a meet-cute romance about Hugo and Mae, two teens who are thrown together on a cross-country train trip that will teach them about love, each other, and the futures they can build for themselves.

It's the perfect idea for a romantic week together: traveling across America by train.

But then Hugo's girlfriend dumps him. Her parting gift: the tickets for their long-planned last-hurrah-before-uni trip. Only, it's been booked under her name. Nontransferable, no exceptions.

Mae is still reeling from being rejected from USC's film school. When she stumbles across Hugo's ad for a replacement Margaret Campbell (her full name!), she's certain it's exactly the adventure she needs to shake off her disappointment and jump-start her next film.

A cross-country train trip with a complete stranger might not seem like the best idea. But to Mae and Hugo, both eager to escape their regular lives, it makes perfect sense. What starts as a convenient arrangement soon turns into something more. But when life outside the train catches up to them, can they find a way to keep their feelings for each other from getting derailed?

"One of the loveliest, most touching romances of 2019 thus far that gets at the nature of something deeply buried in all of our hearts." --Entertainment Weekly

"This warm, romantic, never overly sentimental story is told with humor and heart....A deeply satisfying read about a life-changing journey full of poignant moments." --Kirkus, starred review

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Gr 9 Up—Eighteen-year-old Hugo Wilkerson is one of the famous sixtuplets born in Surrey, England, where his childhood has been a series of publicity events. Now he is ambivalent about starting school at the local university, which has given the Wilkerson siblings a full scholarship in exchange for ongoing interviews. When Hugo's girlfriend, Margaret, breaks up with him, she urges him to go without her on the cross-country train trip they had planned in America. Because the tickets are in her name and non-transferable, he posts an ad online looking for another Margaret Campbell to be his travel companion. When Mae, an aspiring filmmaker from New York, and rising freshman at the University of Southern California, sends Hugo a short film in response, she has no idea what she's getting herself into. The two teenagers meet at New York City's Penn Station as awkward strangers, and set out on a week-long adventure across the country that brings them joy and heartache. Smith's novel is a feel-good, page-turning romance. The charming British characteristics of Hugo contrast humorously with Mae's tough-girl New York grit, making delightful drama. The author explores what it means to seek independence, while still clinging to childhood comforts. The intriguing backdrop of train travel gives the story a nostalgic mood, perfect for the soul-searching that the two teens engage in. VERDICT A highly readable and enjoyable choice for libraries serving teens, especially those with a demand for literary romance.—Karin Greenberg, Manhasset High School, Manhasset, NY

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"Romance novels can titillate, inspire, intoxicate, and more—but then sometimes they reach in and touch something essential in you. Jennifer E. Smith’s Field Notes on Love is a YA romance that does just that....[it] is one of the loveliest, most touching romances of 2019 thus far that gets at the nature of something deeply buried in all of our hearts." —Entertainment Weekly

"This warm, romantic, never overly sentimental story is told with humor and heart....A deeply satisfying read about a life-changing journey full of poignant moments."—Kirkus Reviews, starred review

"Hugo and Mae's alternating viewpoints are rich and introspective, and this will appeal to any teen that appreciates a thoughtful love story." —Booklist

About the Author

Jennifer E. Smith is the author of eight novels for young adults, including The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight. She earned a master's degree in creative writing from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, and her work has been translated into thirty-three languages. She lives in New York City. Follow her on Twitter at @JenESmith or visit her at jenniferesmith.com.

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Hugo

The shock of it takes a few minutes to absorb. During that time, Hugo sits with his head bent, his fingers laced behind his neck, trying to process the fact that Margaret Campbell—his girlfriend of nearly three years—is breaking up with him.

“You know I’ll always love you,” she says, then adds, “in a way.”

Hugo winces at this. But Margaret seems determined to forge ahead.

“The thing is,” she says, and he lifts his head, interested to find out what—precisely—it is, this thing that’s apparently happening. She gazes back at him with something like sympathy. “You can’t stay with someone only out of inertia, right?”

It’s clear the correct answer here is “Right.” But Hugo can’t bring himself to say it. He just continues to stare at her, wishing his brain weren’t quite so muddled.

“I know you must feel the same way,” she continues. “Things have been off between us for ages now. It’s obvious that it’s not working—”

“Is it?” Hugo asks, and Margaret gives him a weary look. But he’s not trying to be cheeky. It’s just that none of this seems particularly obvious to him, and his face prickles with warmth as he wonders how he managed to get it all so wrong.

“Hugo. Come on. It’s been hard enough when we’re right across the road from each other. We must be barking mad to think we can do this when I’m all the way in California and you’re—”

She stops abruptly, and they both blink at each other.

“Here,” he says eventually, his voice flat.

Margaret sighs. “See, that’s just it. Maybe if you’d stop acting like getting a scholarship to a perfectly good uni is the worst thing that’s ever happened to anyone in the history of—”

“I’m not.”

“You are.”

“I’m—”

“Hugo,” she says, interrupting him. “You’ve been in terrible form all summer. I’m not the only one who’s noticed. I realize this isn’t what you wanted, but at some point you just have to . . . well, get on with it, I suppose.”

He scratches at his knee, unable to look at her. She’s right, and they both know it, but the fact of this makes him want to crawl under the bed to avoid the rest of the conversation.

“Listen, I get it,” she says, playing with the end of her blond ponytail. “If things were different, this wouldn’t have been your first choice.”

This is only half-true. Hugo certainly wouldn’t have minded trying for Oxford or Cambridge or St. Andrews, all of which would’ve been options had his A levels been the only consideration. But the University of Surrey is highly regarded too. It’s more that he never had a choice in the matter, that his path was set out for him long ago, and something about that has always made him feel like an animal at the zoo, penned in and pacing and a bit claustrophobic.

“But if things were different,” Margaret continues, “you wouldn’t have been offered the scholarship at all.”

She says this as if it were nothing, an incidental detail, and not the very thing Hugo has been torturing himself over for years now. Because he didn’t get a scholarship to the University of Surrey for being a brilliant essayist (which he is) or a maths genius (which he’s not). He didn’t get it for his skills as a pianist (though he’s decent) or his ability on the football pitch (he’s completely rubbish). It’s not the result of any particular skill or talent or accomplishment.

No, Hugo got the scholarship—as did his five siblings—simply for being born.

The minute they arrived in the world—one after another, Hugo bringing up the rear—they were showered with gifts. The local market gave them a year’s supply of formula. The pharmacy sent a truckload of free nappies. The mayor came to visit with keys to the city: six of them, one for each of England’s fifth-ever set of sextuplets, affectionately dubbed “the Surrey Six.” And a wealthy donor presented their exhausted and deeply overwhelmed parents with scholarships to the local university for each of their half-dozen newborns.

The man—an eccentric billionaire who made his fortune through a chain of upscale coffee shops—had gotten his start at the University of Surrey, and was elated at the thought of the publicity that would one day be generated by having the sextuplets there. When he died a few years ago, he left the scholarship in the hands of the university council, and they’ve been equally enthusiastic, making all sorts of plans for their arrival.

It’s only Hugo who isn’t thrilled. He knows he’s a complete monster for being anything less than grateful. It’s just that he hates the thought of accepting something so big simply because of the unlikely circumstances of his birth. Especially when his whole life has been about that.

“Look, I don’t want you to get the wrong idea,” Margaret is saying. “About us. About why we’re—”

“Not an us anymore?”

She flinches. “I know I’ve been hard on you, but I don’t want you to think this is happening just because you’ve been moping all summer. Or because of the distance. It’s more that—well, I suppose it feels like it’s time, doesn’t it?”

Hugo scrubs at his eyes, still trying to absorb all this, and when he looks up again, Margaret’s face has softened. She moves over to sit beside him on the bed, and he automatically leans into her, their shoulders pressed together. They’re both quiet for a moment, and he tries to focus his thoughts, which are zipping around in his head. Somewhere inside him, buried so deep he’s never thought to examine it, is the knowledge that she’s right about them, and his heart sinks because he’s somehow the last to know everything, even his own feelings.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Delacorte Press (March 5, 2019)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0399559418
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0399559419
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 12 years and up
Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 790L
Grade level ‏ : ‎ 7 - 9
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14.4 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.88 x 1 x 8.5 inches

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Jennifer E. Smith is the author of nine books for young adults, including The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight and Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between, both of which have been adapted for film. Her other titles include The Unsinkable Greta James and the picture book The Creature of Habit. She earned a master’s degree in creative writing from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, and her work has been translated into thirty-three languages. She lives in Los Angeles.

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John Rogers Clark IV

Deeply satisfying

Reviewed in the United States on March 9, 2019

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Jennifer Smith has never let me down, hence my pre-ordering this book. I read it in one sitting and loved the story and the characters. Imagine you're one of a set of British sextuplets, your girlfriend of three years has just dumped you, but left you with the trip package the two of you were planning from London to the U.S. and from NYC across country by train to Emeryville, CA. She still wants you to go, but there's one small problem. The tickets and hotel reservations are in her name. This is Biracial Hugo's situation. Meanwhile, in a town just outside NYC in a house adjacent to the tracks leading out of NYC and eventually to the west, lives Margaret Campbell, AKA Mae, accepted at USC, but rejected by their film school which has been her dream for years. When Hugo's sister convinces him to put a message inline asking for another Margaret Campbell (his erstwhile girlfriend's name) who might be willing to accompany him on the trip, he gets two responses. Why his first choice doesn't work is good for a belly laugh, but then he contacts Mae, and the gods and goddesses of love and fate set to work. How everything plays out involves romance, wonder, some feelings of being trapped and both Hugo and Mae having to look at life through fresh eyes. It's a dandy and heartwarming story, and a great choice for school and public libraries.

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Suad

Cute story

Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 2019

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Field Notes on Love was a cute story about Hugo, a sextuplet (part of a 6-pack), and Mae (also known as Margaret Campbell). Hugo lives in England, and had planned to go on a trip around the US with his girlfriend, also named Margaret Campbell, who in a strange turn of events dumps him but tells him - hey, you should still go on this trip!

There's a catch. The trip was booked entirely by her, so he couldn't get into any of the hotels or anything without Margaret Campbell being with him with proper identification. So he puts out an ad for a Margaret Campbell. Mae responds to this ad.

Mae is an aspiring filmmaker, who was just accepted to USC but not to their film program. She decides she needs adventure to find herself and experience new things, so she goes for it.

Two strangers meet on a train, and of course, super cliché, end up falling in love. It was a little off-putting how quickly they started making out, I will say that.

Otherwise though, after that one weird point, I kind of just decided to suspend reality and go with it. Hugo is a really really, genuinely, sweet and stand up guy. Mae comes with a bit of 'drama', but not so much that it put me off.

A cute story, cute romance, super predictable, not amazing, but also not horrible.

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Kaylee Johnston

Sweet, inspiring story!

Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2020

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While this is a romance book and a lot of people think they don’t hold up to other types of books, I think this is a book everyone should read. As someone who identifies with both Mae and Hugo, it was immensely important to see how these two dealt with the problems they faced in their life and future. It was an incredibly inspiring book and one I’ll definitely be rereading soon. An amazing story!

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Not bad but not that good either.

Reviewed in the United States on October 27, 2020

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There was some good moments but I didn't fall for the characters enough. It was so close but just not strong enough.

Reviewed in the United States on June 15, 2019

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This book brought me back to the era in my life where I would stay up until 4 AM to finish a book - something I did in this instance! I loved the story and I felt myself going through each emotion, holding my breath in all the right places, heart racing at all the granted moments, and feeling bursts of joy where the author granted it. I love this book so so so much and would recommend it to anyone!

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Logan English

heartwarming and charming

Reviewed in the United States on May 17, 2021

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As 1/6 of the Surrey Sextuplets, Hugo sets out for one week of freedom before joining his five siblings at a university back in their hometown. The only issue - all of the tickets are listed under his ex's name and are non-transferable, no exceptions. After seeing an ad looking for a Margaret Campbell to join a cross country train trip, aspiring filmmaker Mae decides this may be just what she needs for her USC audition film.

Anyone else interested in going on a cross-country road trip with a complete stranger after reading this?.. No? Just me?.. This book was all too heartwarming and charming and made us want to put out an ad to find our own Hugo and Mae love story. This book was a great reminder that you are your best self when you're following your dreams. And sometimes you meet the person who truly understands you in the most unlikely of places.

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GARY MLODZIK

Romantic, fun, with a few twists!

Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2020

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Another wonderful YA romance by Jennifer E. Smith. Characters I fell in love with, a fun plot and a twist or two at just the right moments. I laughed, I cried, I hard time setting the book down. What more can I ask of an author?

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Kelly

Absolutely Delightful

Reviewed in the United States on August 31, 2019

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I don’t have much else to say besides absolutely delightful. The concept was unique, the characters were lovely, and I found myself really falling in love with both Mae and Hugo. They were both so wonderfully REAL that I was so upset when our journey ended. I definitely cried a few times, too, but what else is new?

This book made me so happy and I’m so glad I experienced it. What a charming read.

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Mariana Baquit

Fofo

Reviewed in Brazil on December 3, 2020

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A very cute and hearwarming YA rom com

Reviewed in Germany on August 2, 2021

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This book is adorable! It's a very classic rom com, the characters are sweet and have interesting storylines and I like the roadtrip/train setting.
It's a light and heartwarming read.

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Nice book

Reviewed in India on April 29, 2021

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They story is awesome..........

EmEm D

A whole train journey of emotions

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 18, 2020

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I read this book in one day. I just couldn't put it down and by the end of it I was crying.
This book was just so touching, I laughed at Alfies and Maes dad's jokes and I cried for Mae and Hugo. It made me think alot about what the peole in Maes interveiws said, like Ida.
The author has written this book so beautifully with such moving messages and heart-felt relatable characters that I couldn't not give this book 5 stars.
My new favourite book.
P.s. I love Maes grandma, what a star.

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Solarkind1

Just buy it and read it

Reviewed in Germany on March 31, 2019

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Coole Geschichte... hatte das Gefühl ich sitze mit im Zug😊

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