It's a pretty good movie adaptation of Holly Hamilton, a sixteen year old girl who moves everywhere due to her mom's bad boyfriends. When Holly gets so caught up in her scheme for a perfect boyfriend, will her mother's temporary happiness be ruined by a confession?

The Perfect Man
By Jenny Markas
A new tween romantic comedy. Teen queen Hilary Duff plays matchmaker for her single mom, Heather Locklear -- and meets her own match along the way!
Holly doesn’t believe in love, but her mom Jean is a helpless romantic searching for the perfect man. Whenever Jean gets dumped, she picks up her family and moves to a new town. Holly never used to mind the moves, but after arriving in Brooklyn and meeting the boy of her dreams,
she decides she wants to stick around.
So Holly invents a secret admirer for her mom. But her perfect plan for the perfect man soon goes terribly wrong... her mom wants to meet her secret admirer in person! How will Holly ever get out of this one? Can she find love and happiness for her mom... and herself?
Holly doesn’t believe in love, but her mom Jean is a helpless romantic searching for the perfect man. Whenever Jean gets dumped, she picks up her family and moves to a new town. Holly never used to mind the moves, but after arriving in Brooklyn and meeting the boy of her dreams,
she decides she wants to stick around.
So Holly invents a secret admirer for her mom. But her perfect plan for the perfect man soon goes terribly wrong... her mom wants to meet her secret admirer in person! How will Holly ever get out of this one? Can she find love and happiness for her mom... and herself?
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
ISBN-13: 9780439753784
ISBN-10: 0439753783
Published on 6/1/2005
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 224