This book follows Brooke, a 16 year old Floridian who, throughout the book, becomes involved in various familial and friendship struggles. It begins with Brooke and her friends attempting to secretly help another friend see her boyfriend, whom her parents disapprove. This ends up backfiring and getting all of them into trouble, foreshadowing another similar event that will take place later in the book.
Autumn is the victim of a cyber prank gone viral. This prank forced her to transfer to a new school where she decides to reinvent herself for her sophomore year. New school new Autumn, so she thinks. She tried to become an outgoing popular girl but she can't escape her old habits that made her quiet and shy. When she learns her best friend, Sophie Rose, is transfering to her new school she gets excited, until Sophie actually comes and she's not Autumn's best friend anymore.
Andie is the daughter of a congressman who got caught in some scandals that ended his career. Andie, who has been basically raising herself and planning her own future, has fallen into ruins after the scandals. Now she has to work, walking a bunch of dogs, and her life will never be the same again. Her plans have been forced to change. Read The Unexpected Everything to find out how Andie is going to take her life and try to put it back together.
This autobiographical book is about a girl, Alma, who grows up in the Cuban countryside and who learns to face social problems such as local crime.
She has a blind great grandmother who teaches her about generosity and wisdom. A caretaker burns his hand but every day he still tries to make music. The parents talk about the War (World War II).
Fairalon is a delightful fantasy novel that will most likely appeal to preteen girls. The main character, Iris, is unhappy after losing both her mother and grandmother within a two year period. She has been having very strange things happen to her. When she shares these visions with her father, he thinks she is crazy and takes her to see a doctor. Iris ends up finding out that she is very special (not crazy) and her grandmother knew it all along! When her grandmother died, she left all of her possessions to Iris on the condition that Iris moves into her home.
Mia is a gifted teenager. But this is not any sort of typical talent, as she is able to communicate with the dead. Because of these powers, she is sent to a camp with others who are gifted just like her. Once there, she meets a boy named TC, and they become good friends. Together they do many things, including kiss and talk about their psychic abilities, which they refer to as their "sidekicks." They wish to stay together forever, but they have to continue on with their normal lives eventually.
According to Eden's mother, Eden can't do anything right. Eden has learned to deal with it; what else is she supposed to do? She can't deal with the constant fighting between her parents and escapes them by hanging out in an abandoned house. She hopes that her parents will love her one day, even though she's not sure what love is. Murphy, Toby, and Josh are three other teens that hang out at the abandoned house. They teach her how to have faith in herself and show her that she can do something right. Will these boys' love save her broken life?
