And This Is Laura
10 best books like And This Is Laura (Ellen Conford): Fifteen, Love Is One of the Choices, Taking Sides, Hidden Depths, Mom, the Wolf Man, and Me, It's OK If You Don't Love Me, Sister of the Bride, The Cheerleader, Jean and Johnny, The Luckiest Girl
| Author | Beverly Cleary |
| ISBN | 0380728044 |
It seems too good to be true. The most popular boy in school has asked Jane out -- and she's never even dated before. Stan is tall and good-looking, friendly and hard-working -- everything Jane ever dreamed of. But is she ready for this?
Suppose her parents won't let her go? What if she's nervous...
| Author | Norma Klein |
| ISBN | 0449702731 |
WHEN YOU'RE NEITHER A GIRL NOR A WOMAN...
Maggie and Caroline are both seniors in high school and suddenly everything that seemed simple has become complicated. Thinking about sex, wondering about college, planning for careers -- there are so many choices.
Maggie is brilliant and very...
Nell knows other kids her age whose parents are divorced, but they all live with their mothers. She wonders what living with Dad will be like, even though she's always felt closer to her father. But is it right to love one parent more than another?
There are other adjustments Nell has to make...like...
| Author | Ann Cleeves |
| ISBN | 0330441159 |
I think Vera, I owe you a big apology. For years I have ignored you in favor of your authors Shetlsnd series, which I like very much, but I think I may have come to like you better. You are so relateable, self described as big, clumsy, with little fashion sense, in other words flawed like most of your readers....
| Author | Norma Klein |
| ISBN | 0380007916 |
This book tells the story of Brett, an eleven-year-old girl with a feisty unwed-and-single-by-choice mother who's brought her up on all varieties of granola liberal hogwash. The Wolf Man is her mother's new beau. He has a wolfhound, a pock-marked face and a great red beard. A pleasurable aspect of this...
| Author | Norma Klein |
| ISBN | 0449702367 |
Omg, if only life was a easy as a sheepskin coat and as carefree as a 18 year old behind swaggering in the air. Klein's protagist Jody is probably the most amazing YA protag. She's cheeky, slutty, nerdy, bossy and despite being so beyond her years she is still so teendreamqueen. The book is supposedly a look...
At first, Barbara isn't sure how she feels about her older sister getting married. Then, once the wedding planning goes into high gear, it becomes almost impossible for her not to imagine a wedding -- for herself! But as the big day approaches, family arguments abound and Barbara's fun-loving sister...
| Author | Ruth Doan MacDougall |
| ISBN | 0966335201 |
First published in 1973 and 1974 by Putnam and Bantam, The
Cheerleader was a Book-of-the-Month Club selection, optioned by Twentieth Century-Fox, made into an NBC sitcom pilot, and became a best-seller beloved by generations of readers.
p/pThe reprint of this classic coming-of-age novel...
| Author | Beverly Cleary |
| ISBN | 0060533013 |
First Date
Fifteen-year-old Jean is astonished when a handsome Johnny whirls her round the dance floor. She's never given much thought to boys before; now Johnny is all that's on her mind. Finally she finds the courage to invite him to a dance. But the excitement of a new dress and a scheme to take Johnny's...
| Author | Beverly Cleary |
| ISBN | 0060532998 |
Shelley Latham can't wait to get to San Sebastian, where flowers bloom in November, oranges grow on the trees, and the sun shines almost every day. And once she's there, things get even better. In no time, she catches the attention of two boys: one, a good-looking basketball star, the other, an interesting,...
