So Lyrical

10 best books like So Lyrical (Trish Cook): Shrimp, Twisted Sisters, Castration Celebration, Sofi Mendoza's Guide to Getting Lost in Mexico, Guitar Girl, Backstage Pass, Kissing Annabel: Love, Ghosts, and Facial Hair; A Place Like This, The Wish House, Everything Beautiful in the World, Things Left Unsaid: A Novel in Poems

AuthorRachel Cohn
ISBN0689866135
Sassy Cyd Charisse returns in Shrimp, the “compelling…and light-hearted” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) sequel to the sharp and funny novel Gingerbread.

If Cyd Charisse knows one thing, it’s that Shrimp is her true love. Shrimp, the hottest pint-size surfer-artist in San...
Twisted Sisters
AuthorStephanie Hale
Revenge of the Homecoming Queen's Aspen Brooks is a freshman in college- and finding it one big fat Greek mess.

After Aspen Brooks's senior year of slashed tires and kidnapping, college seemed like the dream deal of the decade-especially with Detective Harry Malone footing Aspen's tuition...
Castration Celebration
AuthorJake Wizner
ISBN0375852158
Did you know that in imperial China, eunuchs had their testicles, penis and scrotum removed?

Olivia does. She's done the research--after walking in on her dad fooling around with one of his grad students. On her way to an arts summer camp at Yale University, she's decided to write a musical called...
AuthorMalin Alegria
ISBN0689878117
"Do you guys have Internet?.."."How about TiVo?.."."You do get American TV?" The house was dark. "Wait a minute -- do they even have electricity?"Even though Sofi Mendoza was born in Mexico, she's spent most of her life in California -- the closest she gets to a south-of-the-border experience is eating...
AuthorSarra Manning
ISBN0142403180
Seventeen-year-old Molly Montgomery never planned on becoming famous. Molly's band, The Hormones, was just supposed to be about mucking around with her best mates, Jane and Tara, and having fun. But when the deliciously dangerous Dean and his friend T join the band, things start happening fast. Soon...
AuthorGaby Triana
ISBN0060560193
Gaby Triana's first novel about Desert McGraw, a famous rock star's daughter who wants nothing more than to lead a perfectly annonymous life.

In this hip debut novel, rising star Gaby Triana uses her immensely accessible voice and humor to paint a mesmerizing picture of a life not quite in the...
Kissing Annabel: Love, Ghosts, and Facial Hair; A Place Like This
AuthorSteven Herrick
ISBN1416982876

In this verse novel, Jack is a normal, average sixteen-year-old. He’s obsessed with sex, sports, and his maturing body. He’s got a lot on his mind,  including his mother’s death. It’s been seven years, but Jack has yet to let her go . . . that is, until he meets Annabel. Annabel is beautiful,...
AuthorCelia Rees
ISBN0763629510
"A top-notch look at first love, heartbreak, and the driving force of passion." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)

It's the start of summer vacation, and fifteen-year-old Richard has discovered that a family has taken up residence in the usually deserted Wish House. Richard is intrigued...
AuthorLisa Levchuk
ISBN0374322384
Lately I feel like an astronaut out on a space walk – constantly praying the tube attaching me to the ship doesn’t snap and send me flying into outer darkness.
 
The only good thing about having a mother with cancer is that people are willing to let you get away with pretty much anything. Like...
AuthorStephanie Hemphill
ISBN0786837454
Sarah used to be the good girl. The one who always had her hand raised in class, always obeyed her parents.
Until she met Robin. Once Robin comes into the picture, Sarah's life changes. Her closet begins to fill with black clothes. Good grades become something to be studiously avoided. And maintaining...
Triple Shot Bettys in Love
AuthorJody Gehrman
ISBN0803732481
Geena is freaking out. She's been going out with Ben for five months, their relationship is comfortable and perfect, and then Bam! he's suddenly putting the pressure on to be way more physical. She's not sure she's ready.
Enter Mr. Rex Sands, Geena's delectably hot and brilliant English substitute...
The Alison Rules
AuthorCatherine Clark
ISBN0060559829
What is It About Alison?

For one thing, she has rules:

When stealing a rowboat, ALWAYS check that the oars are the same length, so you don't go in circles.
In reference to your best friend's crush, KEEP your feelings to yourself.
NEVER use your locker if that's where you were...
All You Need is Love
AuthorEmily Franklin
ISBN0451219619
Reviewed by Taylor Rector for TeensReadToo.com

Love Bukowski is back in the United States after a semester in London at the London Academy of Drama and Music.

She had to leave her Brit boyfriend, who, when she gets home to the US, doesn't want to seem to talk to her, until he announces...
AuthorEllen Wittlinger
ISBN0689849990
"I'm not picking Cartwright just because I met Julian there. For all I know he'll change his mind and not even go! Although that would be a shame because I want him to be the father of my firstborn child. KIDDING! :-}"

While on a college visit, Chloe meets Julian, another prospective freshman,...
AuthorLauren Mechling
ISBN0385735219
CLAIRE VOYANTE HAS been having strange visions ever since she can remember. But the similarity between her name and her talents is purely coincidental. The name is French, and unlike the psychics on TV, she can’t solve crimes or talk to the dead. Whenever Claire follows her hunches, she comes up empty—or...
AuthorMelissa Lion
ISBN0375839542
Marty’s small town in Alaska is the most beautiful place in the world. There she and her beloved boyfriend, Steven, can walk through fields of fireweed, explore the wild, and tie pink floozy fishing lures to catch the salmon that swim upstream. But when she starts her senior year, Marty must return...
Redeeming the Rogue
AuthorDonna MacMeans
ISBN0425242676
Michael Rafferty is an agent for the Crown, on the trail of a conspirator championing Irish independence through acts of violence. The trail leads to Washington, D.C., where Rafferty must assume the role of a diplomat in order to set a trap for the villain. To complete the pretense, he'll need to transform...
Is He Or Isn't He?
AuthorJohn Hall
ISBN0060787473
I definitely enjoyed this novel quite a bit. The young adult gay genre is one that hasn't been much explored, so while other reading options are exercises in existentialism and self-discovery (some do this extremely well, others, not so much), some merely have gay characters and don't worry much about...
Daughters of Artemis
AuthorS.L. Armstrong
Werewolf lore has long been dominated by tales of the strong alpha male, but what of the strong alpha females? The Storm Moon Press anthology "Daughters of Artemis" explores this mostly neglected aspect of the werewolf mythos, with an erotic twist.

Bounty hunter Toni McGowan has faced supernatural...
Healing Hearts: Healing Hearts / A Change of Heart / A Choice to Forgive
AuthorBeth Wiseman
Three hope-filled stories about second chances, trusting your heart, and the power of forgiveness.

Healing Hearts Empty-nesters Levina Lapp and her husband Naaman have no children under their roof for the first time in 30 years. When Naaman leaves to visit cousins in Ohio, Levina never expected...
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