For thousands of years, women have asked themselves questions such as What is the deal with guys, anyway? and What are they thinking? The answer, of course, is: virtually nothing. But that has not stopped Dave Barry from writing his witty commentaries and funny anecdotes, dealing frankly and semi-thoroughly with such important guy issues as scratch...more
While confined to a mental hospital, thirteen-year-old Callie slowly comes to understand some of the reasons behind her self-mutilation, and gradually starts to get better.
Aly’s adventure continues. . . . No longer a slave, Alanna’s daughter is now spying as part of an underground rebellion against the colonial rulers of the Copper Isles. The people in the rebellion believe that a prophecy in which a new queen will rise up to take the throne is about to be realized. Aly is busy keeping the potential teenage queen...more
"I don't want to fall in love. I just want to be a warrior maiden."Still disguised as a boy, Alanna becomes a squire to none other than the prince of the realm. Prince Jonathan is not only Alanna's liege lord, he is also her best friend -- and one of the few who knows the secret of her true identity. But when a mysterious sorceror threatens the pri...more
GOSSIP GIRL is a portal into the fascinating universe of wildly wealthy, Upper Eastside teenager girls who attend the Constance Billard School for Girls, the first book of its kind in the young adult literary world. Uber-bitch Blair Waldorf, her fame-kissed best friend Serena van der Woodsen, and the boy they continually fight over, stoner babe Nat...more
The members of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants graduate from high school and spend their last summer before college learning about life and themselves.
After a long year, Tibby, Bee, Carmen, and Lena find themselves on the eve of another summer. Feeling overlooked and unwanted by her family, Tibby is headed for Williamstown to take a film course. At the last minute, Bee decides to travel to Alabama in search of a grandmother she hasn't seen in years. Carmen is left to baby-sit and fret about her m...more
During their first summer apart, four teenage girls, best friends since earliest childhood, stay in touch through a shared pair of secondhand jeans that magically adapts to each of their figures and affects their attitudes to their different summer experiences.
Ann Brashares' The Second Summer of the Sisterhood will be found equally riveting by the teens who loved The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2001). As in the first novel, four teen girls who have known each other since birth (their moms shared a pregnancy aerobics class) further forge their bond of friendship through a pair of thrift-store jean...more
"Let her prove herself worthy as a man."Newly knighted, Alanna of Trebond seeks adventure in the vast desert of Tortall. Captured by fierce desert dwellers, she is forced to prove herself in a duel to the death -- either she will be killed or she will be inducted into the tribe. Although she triumphs, dire challenges lie ahead. As her mythic fate w...more
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