Bianca hates going out with her friends. She loves Jessica and Casey more than almost anyone in the world, but watching them make fools of themselves on the dance floor and having to save them from the inappropriate advances of the jerks looking for their next conquest. Bianca spends her time sitting at the bar [Keep Reading]
Maisie has always been best friends with Shakes, Chris, and Kevin. She hasn’t ever had “girl” friends and it has never seemed strange to her that she always hung out with the three boys. They treated her just like one of the guys – until Maisie goes away for a year to live with her [Keep Reading]
Before Nick Gautier was a Squire for Kyrian Hunter and way before he ran into trouble with Ash, he was a ninth grader on a scholarship at prestigious private school. He is willing to put up with the constant harassment from his classmates because of the ridiculous clothes his mother buys for him and the [Keep Reading]
Balzer + Bray – July 1, 2010 Doug wasn’t meant to be a vampire. He was turned by a starving, newly-made vampire totally by accident. Doug was in the wrong place at the wrong time and now he’ll be fat and fifteen forever. Doug can’t seem to find any girls with vampire fetishes to feed [Keep Reading]
HarperTeen – August 24, 2010 Kyle is a hoodie – one of those kids that sits in the back of the class, tries not to be noticed, doesn’t do his homework (only because he doesn’t see the point), and dresses in the same “uniform” every day – black jeans, black shirt, black hoodie. You can [Keep Reading]
Scholastic Press – April 1, 2010 Heidi attends a very posh private school, but only because her mother teaches P.E. and her father is the caretaker/handyman. New to the school, she doesn’t have that many friends and definitely isn’t in the popular crowd. Her only lifelines are her 3 friends, Fili, Ludo, and Dai. Together they [Keep Reading]
Mirrorstone – May 10, 2010 Life as a vampire isn’t working out so great for Mina. The Vampire Relocation Agency is forcing her and her parents to move to a podunk town in Louisiana. Adding to the anxiety of moving, the family can’t take anything with them. No clothes, photos, or keepsakes from their old [Keep Reading]
Little, Brown Young Readers – July 10, 2007 Deanna Lambert made a mistake. She got involved with her brother’s best friend when she was 13-years-old. Tommy never took her on a date, never took her to get something to eat, never went anywhere with her in public. He would just pick her up after school [Keep Reading]
Delacorte Books for Young People – January 26, 2010 Ali/Alley/Gonk (short for Algonquin) is the touch music critic of the high school newspaper. There isn’t anything she loves more than a good song and there aren’t many people out there her age that appreciate the quality of singers like Cole Porter as she does. Alley’s [Keep Reading]
Knopf – September 8, 2009 Johanna, a responsible and friendly girl, has admired the wild and dangerous Reeve from afar for a while. She spends a lot of her time daydreaming about her and Reeve in romantic situations in Joyland, a place that only exists in Johanna’s mind. Reeve doesn’t appear to know Johanna exists [Keep Reading]
