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Audiobook Review: Rules of Attraction by Simone Elkeles

Rules of Attraction Simone Elkeles Narrated by Roxanne Hernandez and Blas Kisic After he gets involved with the wrong crowd in Mexico, Carlos Fuentes is shipped off to Colorado to live with his older brother Alex. Carlos is less than thrilled with his new living arrangements, and angry when he’s framed for narcotics possession after [...]

Review: Strings Attached by Judy Blundell

Strings Attached Judy Blundell $17.99 / 13 + Release date: March 1, 2011 It’s 1956 and Kit Corrigan is determined to make it as an actress in New York City. But the City isn’t an easy place for a 16-year-old girl from Rhode Island, and she soon finds herself willing to accept help in any [...]

Review: Rosebush by Michele Jaffe

Rosebush Michele Jaffe $16.99 / 14 + Release Date: December 7, 2010 Jane Freeman is beautiful and popular, used to starting trends at her New Jersey high school with best friends Langley and Kate. The trio attend a Memorial Day weekend party at the Jersey Shore, a party like any other, until Jane wakes up [...]

Review: The Popularity Papers, Book 2 by Amy Ignatow

The Popularity Papers: The Long-Distance Dispatch Between Lydia Goldblatt & Julie Graham-Chang Amy Ignatow $15.95 / 9 – 13 Release Date: March 1, 2011 In the sequel to The Popularity Papers: Research for the Social Improvement and General Betterment of Lydia Goldblatt and Julie Graham-Chang, Lydia and Julie are looking forward putting their research into [...]

Review: Smile for the Camera by Kelle James

Smile for the Camera Kelle James $16.99 / 14 + Release Date: November 2, 2010 Kelle is a 16-year-old from rural Maryland with big dreams: she wants to be a model. Kelle’s physically and mentally abusive father makes it all too easy for her to get on a bus bound for New York City with [...]

Review: You Are Not Here by Samantha Schutz

You Are Not Here Samantha Schutz $17.99 / 15 + Release Date: October 1, 2010 Annaleah and Brian had a tentative, fragile relationship. Annaleah was enamored of Brian, but he always kept her at a distance. And her kept her a secret: Annaleah never met his family or friends. But still, she knew they shared [...]

Review: Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys

Between Shades of Gray Ruta Sepetys $17.99 / 13 + Release Date: March 22, 2011 Lithuania, 1941. 15-year-old Lina is preparing to attend art school away from home, until the night that the Soviet secret police barge into her home to deport her, her mother, and younger brother Jonas. Her father has been sentenced to [...]

Review: Sean Griswold’s Head by Lindsey Leavitt

Sean Griswold’s Head Lindsey Leavitt $16.99 / 13 + Release Date: March 1, 2011 Payton Gritas prefers her life graphed out and color-coded. So when she discovers that her father has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and her parents and brothers have been hiding it from her, it rocks her world. Since she refuses to [...]

Review: Girl, Stolen by April Henry

Girl, Stolen April Henry $16.99 / 13 + Release Date: September 28, 2010 Cheyenne Wilder is huddled in the backseat of her step-mother’s SUV, sick with pneumonia, when someone steals the car– and unknowingly kidnaps her, as well. The situation is made more harrowing when Cheyenne reveals that she is blind and Griffin, her underage [...]

Review: The Frenzy by Francesca Lia Block

The Frenzy Francesca Lia Block $16.99 / 14+ Release Date: September 28, 2010 Liv knows she’s different. She has small, slightly pointed ears, very red lips and long middle fingers. And when she was 13, she had the overwhelming urge to kill her mother. Instead, she ran into the woods and ended up with a [...]