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Friday, October 7th, 2011
SYNOPSIS – (From Goodreads) Vacationing in Winter Harbor, Maine, is a tradition for Vanessa and Justine Sands, and that means spending time with the Carmichael boys. This summer, Vanessa is determined to channel some of her older sister’s boldness, get over her fear of the ocean, and maybe turn her friendship with Simon Carmichael into [...]
Wednesday, October 5th, 2011
SYNOPSIS – (From Goodreads) Abby Goodwin is sure her sister Tabitha isn’t a murderer. But her parents don’t agree. Her friends don’t agree. And the cops definitely don’t agree. Tabitha is a drop-out, a stoner, a girl who’s obsessed with her tutor, Clyde Andrews…until he ends up dead. Tabitha runs away, and leaves Abby following [...]
Friday, September 30th, 2011
SYNOPSIS – (From Goodreads) Jazz . . . Booze . . . Boys . . . It’s a dangerous combination. Every girl wants what she can’t have. Seventeen-year-old Gloria Carmody wants the flapper lifestyle—and the bobbed hair, cigarettes, and music-filled nights that go with it. Now that she’s engaged to Sebastian Grey, scion of one [...]
Wednesday, September 28th, 2011
SYNOPSIS – (From Goodreads) Once upon a time, I was a little girl who disappeared. Once upon a time, my name was not Alice. Once upon a time, I didn’t know how lucky I was. When Alice was ten, Ray took her away from her family, her friends her life. She learned to give up [...]
Monday, September 26th, 2011
Title: Jumped Author: Rita Williams-Garcia Series: None Release Date: March 2009 Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Age Group: Young Adult Pages: 169 Format: Hardcover Source: Library SYNOPSIS – (From Goodreads) Acclaimed author Rita Williams-Garcia gives readers an intimate, gritty portrayal of three very different teens on the day when everything collides. Trina: “Hey,” I say, though I don’t [...]