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The oracle of dating

Allison van Diepen - Author

The story centres on a teenager who offers dating advice while navigating a crush and the strain caused when advice goes wrong for a friend.

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"For five bucks, the Oracle of Dating will tell you : How to flirt ; If that cute guy you're crushing on likes you, too ; Whether your new romance will last through lunch period...What she won't tell you? Who she is. No one at Kayla's school knows she's the famous Oracle of Dating--the anonymous queen of dating advice. She doesn't even have a boyfriend. Two relationship disasters were enough to make Kayla focus on everyone else's life. But then her advice backfires on her own best friend. And Kayla starts to seriously obsess about Jared Stewart--the very cute, very mysterious new guy in school. Suddenly, the teen queen of advice needs her own oracle of dating--and she knows just where to find one..."--P. [4] of cover.

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Dating adviceFriendshipResponsibility

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Relationships and intimacySocial conflictRomance

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Beyond the Cover

dating advicefriendshipresponsibility

FictionNovel

Themes in Context

Advice and friendship

Kayla's anonymous dating advice business becomes personally complicated when her advice backfires on her best friend.Unresolved

How the book presents it: The contrast between Kayla's advice-giving and its effect on her friend makes the consequences of advice part of the story's central setup.

Talk about: How does Kayla respond to the effect her advice has on her friend?

Why It May Be Worth Reading

Its setup creates room to consider the gap between giving confident advice and handling one's own feelings, alongside the importance of friendship when advice has consequences.

What Deserves Attention

Dating and crushes are prominent, including flirting and questions about whether attraction is returned. The story also involves friendship affected by advice that backfires.

A Conversation Worth Having

If advice you gave a friend went wrong, what might help you take responsibility while still listening to what your friend needs?

Reading Approach

You could read together or check in afterwards about what makes advice helpful, and whether Kayla's own feelings change how she sees the advice she gives others.

Confidence & Basis

Theme indicators describe how the book presents a topic; they are not a verdict on the whole book or your family's values. Confidence reflects how much book-specific material was checked. Only part of the book information was available, so some details remain unconfirmed.

What remains unconfirmed

Advice and friendship: The friendship is affected when Kayla's advice backfires.

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Checked: 1 October 2026.

Relevant to: Advice and friendship

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