The Guarneri: a prestigious violin competition that Carmen Bianchi and her mother, Diana, have been dreaming about winning since the start of Carmen's career. Carmen has been training for this her whole life, and now she finally has her moment to shine. But what happens when she meets Jeremy, one of the other contestants in the competition who is not only good looking, but also may be a better performer than Carmen?? Until Carmen met Jeremy, her whole focus had been on winning the Guarneri, but after one single kiss, Carmen just can't stay away.
Set in the late 1950's during the McCarthy Era, Jamie and Elaine are best friends and now they are finally juniors in high school. Elaine has a college boyfriend named Neil and Jamie could have a boyfriend, if only she would open her heart up to Paul. During this time, girls who get "in trouble" are ignored, made fun of and are sometimes even sent away. So what happens when Elaine gets "in trouble". Will she be sent away, leaving Jamie without her best friend? Will Elaine and Neil get married? Jamie's head spins with all of these thoughts.
In Lisa Greenwald's book Reel Life Starring Us, Dina is the new girl at Rockwood Hills Middle School. Rockwood Hills is known for its cliques and for Sasha Preston, the now famous movie star that used to attend the middle school. Dina soon learns that Rockwood Hills is not like her old school and that in this school you're either in the in-crowd or, in Dina's case, you're not. When Dina gets assigned to work on a video project with Chelsea, the most popular girl in school, Dina can't help but think that she will finally fit in.
