Inside the Mind of Gideon Rayburn

Author	Daniel Ehrenhaft
ISBN	0061131032

Winchester School of the Arts is "The Laundromat" because students kicked out of better schools go as "dirty laundry." Carli, gorgeous pigtailed actress, goes undercover to research her role. 'Fun', Fellini Udall Newport, embittered senior and graffiti artist is almost expelled — until his dad...

Author	Danielle Joseph
ISBN	0738720593

Indigo:

I never asked to be famous--or infamous. Such is my fate for briefly dating (and dumping) Adam Spade. Yes, the Adam from the indie rock band Blank Stare who wrote "Indigo Blues"--the song that gave the band overnight success, propelled them to New York City, and stole my precious anonymity....

Author	Tracey West
ISBN	0439179785

"Violet hardly ever got in a bad mood. She didn't see the point. Being in a bad mood just keeps you from feeling happy. And that's silly." - I guess I know where my opinion on keeping grudges stems from. Eight-year-olds really do know everything.

It's funny how everything seems bigger as a child....

Author	Kathleen Jeffrie Johnson
ISBN	0440238528

Robin’s neighbor Frankie is like walking sex. He’s 23, hot, charming, and used to getting what he wants. When Janice, Robin’s stepmom, first meets Frankie, they lock eyes with an almost audible sizzle. Not long after, Robin discovers they’re having an affair. She is shocked, angry, curious,...

Author	J.M. Steele
ISBN	0786849304

So I am going to be in the minority here because the average rating for this book is 3.8 or something, but I am also probably one of the oldest people to read this book so not a huge surprise there. In this book, Carly Biels seems to have it all - popularity, the most desirable boyfriend, Princeton pedigree...

Author	Dandi Daley Mackall
ISBN	0152054626

The year 1978 has been a pretty good one for Eva Lott. She has a terrific best friend, she's dating the best-looking guy in school, and she just made the varsity swim team. So when her widowed dad says it's time for them to move, she's not exactly thrilled. And when he tells her that he intends to move to Communist...

Author	Robin Friedman
ISBN	0802796249

The Girlfriend Project was a quick read for an afternoon. I recently scoured the teen section looking for appropriate, imaginative reading that wasn't science fiction. This one fit the bill.

Written from a teenage-boy point of view, the insights are not earth-shattering. Nerdy Dork turned...

Author	Joanna Campbell
ISBN	0061068217

Melanie Graham knows Image is Triple Crown material. The problem is, the filly is too smart for her own good. She's difficult to train, hates to be stabled indoors, and fights with other horses. But if Melanie is going to run Image in the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness, and the Belmont, the filly is going...

Author	Philip Balestrino
ISBN	0064450872

What does your skeleton do?

Your skeleton helps you leap, somersault, and touch your toes—without it, you would be as floppy as a beanbag! There are over 200 bones living and growing inside you that make up your skeleton. There are also ligaments and joints that hold your bones together, and...

Author	Liz Ruckdeschel
ISBN	0385735014

In What If. . . You Broke All the Rules, Haley will turn 16 on Valentine's Day. But there won't be any big parties or celebrations to mark the occasion—her parents are so distracted by their own lives that they forget her birthday. Haley's dad is absorbed in finishing his documentary, and Haley's mom...

Author	Kate Brian
ISBN	1416958185

Reed is an all American teenager who goes to one of the most prestigious high achools in the country,Easton Academy,on a scholarship.She falls in love and makes "Untouchable" friends with the most exclusive girls on campus, the Billings girls.Butthe more Reed becomes friends with the Billings girls,...

Author	Andy Behrens
ISBN	0525478981

What wouldn't a guy do to get the girl? How will garage band front man Duncan ever get the attention of his goddess like classmate Carly, who's so busy trying to save the world that she won't even look in his direction? An idea hits him, literally: when Duncan accidentally bruises himself, Carly wants to...

Author	Catherine Connor
ISBN	0590031651

I think what throws me about these books is how easy it comes to the kids to step in and take the starring role. So in this book, Alison puts on a skating costume and knows the routine and can just...skate. Which I think gives an unfair view of ice skating as a sport to the reader. We don't see the hard work except...

Author	Lauren Mechling
ISBN	0618555196

After the collapse of her parents’ marriage, Mimi Schulman leaves her mother in Houston to look after her befuddled photographer father in New York. Too preoccupied with family problems to think much about her new life, Mimi’s first hour at The Baldwin School—an institution where teachers...

Author	Hailey Abbott
ISBN	0385732201

After years of watching couples come to blows over ice sculptures, Abby wants no part of the family business. She’d rather spend weekends kicking a soccer ball or antagonizing Noah, the cute son of a famous pastry chef–not doing the Electric Slide.

Then Abby’s barely legal sister, Carol,...

Author	Blake Nelson
ISBN	0670036447

I had thought there was a lot of freedom being a good student, being trusted, being given special privileges, but that was nothing compared to the freedom I felt now. Once people gave up on you, once people wrote you off, now that was freedom.

Max Caldwell is tired. He's tired of having a "perfect"...

Author	Jenny Meyerhoff
ISBN	0374326282

This year, Essie Green's life is going to be different. She's made the cheerleading squad and caught the eye of the captain of the football team. However, she didn't expect her estranged cousin to join the football team. Micah is instantly branded a freak for praying during games, and Essie doesn't want...

Author	Tricia Mills
ISBN	1595142568

Hailey Abbott's Summer Boys takes a weepy turn in this story of one girl's attempt to tell her childhood friend how she really feels about him.

Alex thought she'd be spending the summer focused on her family's rafting business, burying the memories of her father's death last year, and leaving...

Author	Carrie Jones
ISBN	0738712574

FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF NEED AND CAPTIVATE People keep changing who they are & defining themselves by their own choices, and that's cool most of the time, but not all the time. No, it's not cool all the time at all.

Belle is closing in on her last few months of high school...

Author	Joanna Pearson
ISBN	0545197732

The Japanese hold a Mogi ceremony for young women coming of age. Latina teenagers get quinceaneras. And Janice Wills of Melva, NC ... has to compete in the Miss Livermush pageant.

Janice loves anthropology--the study of human cultures--and her observations help her identify useful rules...

Author	Nina Malkin
ISBN	0439724228

6X has sky-rocketed to the top of the charts--and to the front page of the tabloids. When you're that high up, it's a long fall down...

THE VOICE: Kendall knows exactly what--and who--she wants...and nothing is going to stand in her way.
THE BOY: A/B has fallen hard for the perfect girl. Will...

Author	Suzanne Ellison
ISBN	0373825072

WELCOME TO TYLER.
THE AUCTION'S AT TWO O'CLOCK

Tyler's annual crafts fair is in full swing.
This year the theme is Native American art.
Stroll among the tables and admire the handiwork of America's favorite hometown.

TORN BETWEEN TWO CULTURES

Michael Youngthunder...