THE RULES FOR HEARTS Battle Hall Davies is sure of some things: she™s going to Reed; she loves girls; and her older brother, Nick, is cooler than she could ever be. Nick ran away when Battle was in high school, and four years later, he™s tracked her down. Now she™s spending her summer before college in "Forest House," the co-op where he lives in Portland. Battle is quickly swept into Forest House™s community Shakespeare production, its all-night card games, and the arms of her new roommate, Meryl. It turns out that Nick isn™t who Battle thought he was”and Battle™s not who she thought she was, either.