When Floey Packer writes something in her diary, you know it's the truth. (In her diary, she writes about everything from her crush on her friend Wen to her plans for the future, supercool, noticeable Floey Packer.) That is, until her two gross cousins come over to her house to stay for a month! Within days, the contents of her diary are on the Internet for the world to read. Within hours, www.floeysprivatelife.com has gathered thousands of readers from all over the country.
Melissa Lion tells a very real story about an Alaskan girl named Marty in her senior year of high school whose joie de vivre is somewhat diminished by a summertime tragedy that has made the rest of her town uneasy and awkward around her. Marty feels trapped in her current life and unable to escape the judgments of her fellow villagers until she meets Catherine, a new arrival from California. Catherine encourages Marty to apply to college, to gather up her life, to start living again. Now all that remains to be seen is...will Marty allow herself to move on?
The story of Noah and the ark is retold with care and precision in Anne Provoost's novel. Re Jana, a girl from the faraway marshes, travels with her family for many weeks through the hot desert without encountering any society. Then, one day, they come across a thriving village in the midst of building a humongous ship for no apparent reason. (Remember, they are in the middle of the desert.) Re Jana learns that a great flood is coming to wipe out all evil on the Earth, save those who board the ark.
Before he met Candy, Joe Beck was a guitarist and not much else. Before she met Joe, Candy was a beautiful teenage prostitute who lived for drugs. But when, by chance, the two happen to meet on a London streetcorner, a painful struggle begins for Joe as he tries to free Candy from her heroin addiction. Candy will give almost anyone a new perspective on the world of drugs.
The story of Anne Frank is told through her sister's eyes in a fascinating and compelling tale of the human will to live. Author Barry Denenberg's masterful portrayal of realities for Jews living during the WWII era makes for a fascinating read. Denenberg fills readers in on historical facts and goes on to re-create the diary of Margot, the sister of Anne Frank. The final sections of this book shed new light on the fates of Anne and her companions from 263 Prinsengracht.
