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Bloom by Elizabeth Scott (F SCO)
Lauren seems to have the perfect
life with good friends, decent grades, and a great-looking
boyfriend; but when she meets Evan Kirkland, Lauren realizes she
needs to make a choice in her life before one is made for her. |
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Memoirs of a
Teenage Amnesiac by
Gabrielle Zevin (F ZEV)
After a nasty fall, Naomi realizes that she has no memory of the
last four years and finds herself reassessing every aspect of her
life. Her boyfriend is nice and cute, but she can't remember why
she liked him, nor can she understand many other activities she
apparently liked before her accident. Why is she in yearbook, and
why isn't she romantically interested in her best friend Will? |
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The Opposite of
Invisible by Liz Gallagher (F GAL)
Alice and Jewel have been best friends since grade school. Together,
they don' t need anyone else, and together they blend into the
background of high school. Invisible. To Alice, Jewel is the
opposite of invisible. Jewel is her best friend who goes to Indie
concerts and art shows with her. Jewel scoffs at school dances with
her. Alice is so comfortable around Jewel that she can talk to him
about almost anything. But she can' t tell him that she likes the
cool, popular Simon. And then Simon asks her to the school dance the
same day that Jewel kisses her for the first time. Still, she can' t
say no to Simon. He seems like the easy choice, the one she' s
attracted to, the one she' s ready for. But will it mean losing
Jewel? In a bright debut novel set against the lively backdrop of
Seattle, Alice must learn the difference between love and a crush,
and what it means to be yourself when you' re not sure who that is
yet. |
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Audrey, Wait
by Robin Brenway (F BRE)
Audrey Cuttler's life is turned
upside down when her ex-boyfriend's song about their break up hits
the top of the charts, making Audrey a prime target for the
paparazzi, who are documenting her every move, hoping to catch her
messing up, and causing her nothing but misery.
It's wreaking havoc on her school life and her attempts at a new
relationship with the cute guy who works at the ice cream store with
her. |
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The Disreputable
History of Frankie Landau-Banks
by E. Lockhart (F LOC)
Frankie Landau-Banks at age 14:
Debate Club. Her father's "bunny rabbit." A mildly geeky girl
attending a highly competitive boarding school. Frankie Landau-Banks
at age 15: A knockout figure. A sharp tongue. A chip on her
shoulder. And a gorgeous new senior boyfriend: the supremely goofy,
word-obsessed Matthew Livingston. Frankie Landau-Banks. No longer
the kind of girl to take "no" for an answer. Especially when "no"
means she's excluded from her boyfriend's all-male secret society.
Not when her ex-boyfriend shows up in the strangest of places. Not
when she knows she's smarter than any of them. When she knows
Matthew's lying to her. And when there are so many, many pranks to
be done. Frankie Landau-Banks, at age 16: Possibly a criminal
mastermind. This is the story of how she got that way. |
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The Black Sheep
by Yvonne Collins (F COL)
Fifteen-year-old Kendra Bishop quickly regrets her rash decision to
write to a new reality television show when she finds herself in
Monterey, California, living with a large family of activists rather
than in a Manhattan apartment with her uptight, money-oriented
parents. Complete with a romance with Mitch, the family's teenage
son. |
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Inside the Mind of
Gideon Rayburn
by Sarah Miller (F MIL)
Miller's narrator gets inside the
head of her beloved Gideon Rayburn, an adorably clueless boy who
flukes his way into one of the fanciest New England prep schools.
One hysterically funny girl is savoring Gideon's every thought. But
who is she? |
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Dairy Queen
by Catherine Gilbert Murdock (F MUR)
After spending her summer running
the family farm and training the quarterback for her school's rival
football team (and secretly developing a relationship with him),
sixteen-year-old D.J. decides to go out for the sport herself, not
anticipating the reactions of those around her. |
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Lost It by Kristen Tracy (F TRA)
High school junior Tess Whistle
is dealing with a lot of problems, including being deserted by her
parents who have gone to live at an outdoor survival camp, and
having her best friend sent away for therapy, so she pins all her
hopes and anxieties on her new boyfriend Ben Easter, who may or may
not be up to the challenge. |
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The Possibilities
of Sainthood by Donna Freitas (F FRE)
While regularly petitioning the Vatican to make her the first living
saint, fifteen-year-old Antonia Labella prays to assorted patron
saints for everything from help with preparing the family's fig
trees for a Rhode Island winter to getting her first kiss from the
right boy. |
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Vibes by
Amy Ryan (F RYA)
Kristi Carmichael has always been able to read people's minds, but
when her father returns home two years after he abandoned Kristi and
her mother and Gusty, the popular boy Kristi has a crush on, starts
showing an interest in her, Kristi begins to wonder if she can read
people at all. |
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What Would Emma Do by Eileen Cook (F COO)
Emma feels she has broken the
cardinal rule of friendship when she kisses her best friend Joann's
boyfriend Colin, who happens to be Emma's oldest friend, but when
Colin confesses he might have feelings for Emma, Emma is torn and
feels she is being forced to choose between the two most important
people in her life. |
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Twenty Boy
Summer by Sarah Ockler (F OCK)
While on
vacation in California, sixteen-year-old best friends Anna and
Frankie conspire to find a boy for Anna's first kiss, but Anna
harbors a painful secret that threatens their lighthearted plan and
their friendship. |
