Punk 57
"We were perfect together. Until we met." Misha I can’t help but smile at the words in her letter. She misses me. In fifth grade, my teacher set us up with pen pals from a different school. Thinking I was a girl, with a name like Misha, the other teacher paired me up with her student, Ryen. My teacher, believing Ryen was a boy like me, agreed. It didn’t take long for us to figure out the mistake. And in no time at all, we were arguing about everything. The best take-out pizza. Android vs. iPhone. Whether or not Eminem is the greatest rapper ever… And that was the start. For the next seven years, it was us. Her letters are always on black paper with silver writing. Sometimes there’s one a week or three in a day, but I need them. She’s the only one who keeps me on track, talks me down, and accepts everything I am. We only had three rules. No social media, no phone numbers, no pictures. We had a good thing going. Why ruin it? Until I run across a photo of a girl online. Name’s Ryen, loves Gallo’s pizza, and worships her iPhone. What are the chances? F*ck it. I need to meet her. I just don’t expect to hate what I find. Ryen He hasn’t written in three
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Misha and Ryen have been pen pals since fifth grade, never met. Senior year they cross paths in person without recognizing each other, and the boy she keeps clashing with is the boy she has loved on paper.
Yes. Punk 57 is an explicit dark new adult romance, around 4 to 5 out of 5 on the spice scale. It includes bullying romance and pen-pal-stranger tropes that are central to Penelope Douglas's catalog.
Yes. Punk 57 is an explicit dark new adult romance, around 4 to 5 out of 5 on the spice scale. It includes bullying romance and pen-pal-stranger tropes that are central to Penelope Douglas's catalog.
No. Punk 57 is a standalone novel by Penelope Douglas. Side characters cross over into her other interconnected works, but the main story is self-contained.
Punk 57 was written by Penelope Douglas, published in 2016 by Penelope Douglas LLC.
Punk 57 is 363 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, Punk 57 takes most readers 5 to 8 hours to finish.
Punk 57 is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.
