31 Aug, 2010
Posted by: Susan In: Teen Lit
Bibliography: Werlin, Nancy. (September 2010). Extraordinary. New York: Dial. ISBN: 9780803733725
Plot Summary: Ordinary Phoebe meets extraordinary Mallory in seventh grade, and they become better than best friends, inseparable. Years later when Phoebe meets Mallory’s brother, Ryland, she falls for him hard only slowly coming to realize that neither Mallory or Ryland are exactly what they [...]
26 Aug, 2010
Posted by: Susan In: Teen Lit
Bibliography: Griffin, Adele. (August 2010). The Julian Game. New York: Putnam Juvenile ISBN: 978-0399254604
Plot Summary: Scholarship student at an elite girls school, Raye jumps at the chance to help queen bee Ella get back at her ex-boyfriend Julian by pretending to be someone she’s not in hopes of sabotaging and embarrassing him. She didn’t expect [...]
Tags:
boy,
bullying,
contemporary,
cyber-bullying,
facebook,
fiction,
friends,
friendship,
girl,
high school,
internet,
online,
popularity,
revenge,
school
18 Aug, 2010
Posted by: Susan In: Teen Lit
Bibliography: Fantaskey, Beth. (2009). Jessica’s Guide to Dating on the Dark Side. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN: 978-0152063849 (hc) 978-0547259406 (pb)
Plot Summary: Jessica Packwood is your average American teen, getting ready to start her senior year of high school. This year will be her year, but maybe she should be careful what she wishes [...]
Tags:
coming of age,
contemporary,
family,
friends,
girl,
growing up,
high school,
humor,
reviews,
romance,
school,
vampire
23 Jul, 2010
Posted by: Susan In: Teen Lit
Bibliography: Kling, Heidi. (2010). Sea. New York: Putnam Juvenile. ISBN: 9780399251634
Plot Summary: Fifteen year old Sienna is being forced to face her fears by her father when he insists she accompany his disaster relief team to tsunami wracked Indonesia. She hasn’t been on a plane or near the ocean since her mother died flying a [...]
Tags:
adventure,
boy,
contemporary,
diaster,
family,
fear,
fiction,
girl,
grief,
indonesia,
reviews,
romance
Bibliography: Flynn, Gillian. (2006). Sharp Objects. New York: Crown Publishing Group. ISBN: 978-0307341549
Plot Summary: With every fiber of her being protesting, newspaper reporter Camille Preaker returns home to Wind Gap, Missouri to get the scoop for her third rate newspaper on the kidnapping and murder of two little girls. Not exactly the return of the [...]
Tags:
AYA,
contemporary,
daughters,
dysfunctional family,
family,
fiction,
girl,
gothic,
journalism,
mothers,
mystery,
newspaper,
reporter,
reviews,
sisters,
small town,
southern,
southern gothic,
thriller