Phoebe Hart is thirteen years old and a student at Monroe Middle School. She wants to be an actress but feels insecure and lost among all the other te...morePhoebe Hart is thirteen years old and a student at Monroe Middle School. She wants to be an actress but feels insecure and lost among all the other teenagers in her school. Phoebe, along with her dependable best friend Harper, is excited to join the drama club where she can participate in auditions and earn parts in a serious production. She happily spends time building sets, auditioning and attending rehearsals until her problems begin. The big issue is that middle school isn't exactly like she planned and dealing with life gets complicated. She has to handle new friendships with people who may not have her best interest in mind, new classes, new academic demands and new boys. During this books, she finds herself in the middle of a battle between two of the divas in her school. She also has to decide how to handle another seventh grader who is making every attempt to be friends with her... the problem is that this person is not cool to be seen She is introduced to a new boy in the drama club who makes her so nervous she can't even see straight. She has to learn how to handle an argument with her best friend Harper. Lastly, she has to decide how to decide what to do about the Spin the Bottle game that all drama club members play on opening night. Will she play? How will she handle it all?
The main character Jenny has a secret admirer who has been sending her gifts, flowers and cards. She is very anxious to find out who it could be! In t...moreThe main character Jenny has a secret admirer who has been sending her gifts, flowers and cards. She is very anxious to find out who it could be! In the meantime, Jenny's best friends, Rachel and Felicia get in a big fight over a basketball game. Rachel didn't pass the ball during the game and missed the winning basket. Felicia retailitated by calling her a ball hog. Jenny is caught in the middle. Both girls want her to take their side. Jenny has to deal with all these issues and more and try to do the right thing. On top of all that, she still has to solve the mystery of who her secret admirer is.
Winnie, the heroine of Thirteen, has finally become a teenager. (There are other books in this series, Eleven and Twelve, and all of them represent on...moreWinnie, the heroine of Thirteen, has finally become a teenager. (There are other books in this series, Eleven and Twelve, and all of them represent one month in Winnie's life for the given year.) This year she has many life changing experiences including her first kiss, learning to resolve conflicts with her boyfriend Lars and the birth of her little sister Magnolia. This books deals with family issues and discusses Winnie's older sister going to college, her 6 year old brother growing up and her mother's pregnancy. It touches other emotional issues including delving into boy/girl relationships and supporting a friend who is sick with leukemia. It's a coming of age book that offers insight into girls that are dealing with a lot of different issues at a very critical time in their lives.
This is the second book in a series and is about a thirteen year old girl named Willa, her best friend Tina, and their lives growing up in Cape Cod. T...moreThis is the second book in a series and is about a thirteen year old girl named Willa, her best friend Tina, and their lives growing up in Cape Cod. There are two major issues that Willa confronts in this book. For one, the town library announces that it is financial dire straights and may have to close down. The other major issue is that Willa's crush Joey Kennelly moves back to Bramble and another girl, Ruby Sivella, seems to have her sights set on him as well. Tina decides to use scientifically designed science test to play matchmaker. She will not only be able to raise finds for her services but will also be able to get everyone a date for the up coming Midwinter Night's Ball. Although Willa doubts that science is the way to find a boyfriend, and feels that Cupid would be a better approach, she agrees to go along with the idea. This story includes many memorable scenes including Willa's comical interactions with her mother as she entertains some strange guests, the drama surrounding the library fundraiser and the entertaining adventure of watching the girls overcome obstacles along the way.
Beverly Trapp is eleven years old and feels like she doesn't have much to offer the world. Compared to her pretty and athletic older sister Shari, Bev...moreBeverly Trapp is eleven years old and feels like she doesn't have much to offer the world. Compared to her pretty and athletic older sister Shari, Beverly feels like a wall flower. To add insult to injury, she was cast as a squash in her school play. She thinks she is destined for a life of boredom and malaise until Jason Baines walks into her life. The summer she met Jason was the best time of her life and she experiences the feeling of love for the first time. With no apparent explanation, something strange and upsetting happens. Jason decides that he is no longer interested in plain old Beverly and directs his attention to beautiful, fun and lovely Dina Kingsley. Beverly conspires with her best friend Doris and they devise a plan to win back Jason's attention. They decide to create a love potion to make Jason fall in love with Beverly. They plan to slip it into his milk at lunchtime but that's when the trouble begins! To their disappointment, Jason doesn't drink the milk. Instead Mr. Pinehurst, the teacher's assistant, uses it as cream for his coffee. After this happens, Beverely and Doris start taking notice of Mr. Pinehurst and feel that they are getting more than their share of attention from him. Is this because of the potion? Did it really work? All of a sudden, things aren't so boring anymore!
Lily B., the protagonist, is an 8th grader who writes an advice column for the Mulgrew Sentintel, her middle school's paper. This book centers around...moreLily B., the protagonist, is an 8th grader who writes an advice column for the Mulgrew Sentintel, her middle school's paper. This book centers around a crush that she has on a "boy who is the center of her universe," named Colter Hendricks. Although she is painfully nervous and awkward around him, she is determined to make notice her. Her work on the Sentinel lands her a job with a "real writer," Ellis Parson, who happens to be Colter's mother! This fortunate event gives her the opportunity to get to know Colter. A rather humorous rock-climbing episode along with other uncomfortable moments, makes Lily finally realize that she has nothing in common with Colter. After moping around and mourning the loss of the possibility of love, Lily B. decides to snap out of her funk by following her own advice column and spending time with her two best friends Charlotte and Bonnie!
Samantha, the heroine of this story, is 15 years old, has dyed all her clothes black in goth style and is trying to find herself. She has two sisters...moreSamantha, the heroine of this story, is 15 years old, has dyed all her clothes black in goth style and is trying to find herself. She has two sisters and is the middle child between her older, popular sister, Lucy, and her extemely intelligent younger sister, Rebecca. She has a big crush on her older sister's boyfriend Jack, and feels that he is much better suited for her. In a strange turn of events, Samantha happens to be at the scene of a public assassination attempt on the President. She foils the attempt by jumping on the back of the assailant so he is not able to shoot the president and breaks her arm in the process. Instantly, Samantha becomes a celebrity. She is appointed teen ambassador to the United Nations and gets invited to the White House for dinner. Here she gets to meet the President's son David, and recognizes him from her art class (which she was skipping when she foiled the assassination.) She eventually asks Dave out to make Jack, her sister's boyfriend, jealous. David sees through this masquerade and let's Samantha know that he is not pleased about it. Eventually, with the help of her older sister Lucy, Sam sees that she was really falling for David all along and isn't interested in Jack at all. Will Sam and Jack ever like each other at the same time or will the games continue? This is a diverting and fun story that deals with sibling and romantic relationships. Reviews http://www.amazon.com/All-American-Gi... http://www.teenreads.com/reviews/0060... Links http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Amer... http://www.megcabot.com/ (less)
Shelly Latham is the “luckiest girl” and protagonist of this book. She is tired of her boring life in Oregon, her predictable boyfriend Jack and her m...moreShelly Latham is the “luckiest girl” and protagonist of this book. She is tired of her boring life in Oregon, her predictable boyfriend Jack and her mother who won’t let her grow up. She is very excited when she gets the opportunity to spend her junior year in Sebastian, California when friends of the family invite her to their home. At first, the Michie family is much more fun than her own family and Shelly finds CA to be everything she hoped her. She even starts dating Philip, the star of the basketball team. Everything in CA seems perfect. Shelly, an only child who has been sheltered her whole life, does a lot of growing over the year. She discovers that life with the Michie’s may not be as easy it initially seemed, she learns that old friends and familiar routines may not be all that bad and she learns how to adjust to having new friends, a new boyfriend and even being an older sister to the Michie children. Just when things seem to be going smoothly, Shelly gets a D in Biology and Philip fails. Shelly finally realizes that she only liked Phillip because of his popularity and good looks. She finds that her true love may be someone else who was always there when she needed him.
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