Penny is ready with a capital R to go to college. She’s never been very good at making friends, so the only two people she’s leaving behind are her mom (who is more like the irresponsible child than Penny) and her boyfriend (who she’s not really that into). She can’t wait to escape to Austin, Texas and start living her actual life. Sam is stuck. He works at . . .
Tag: contemporary
The Quantum Weirdness of the Almost-Kiss | book review
Evie and her best friend Caleb attend a boarding school for gifted students. While Evie excels at mathematics, Caleb is a skilled programmer. Evie wants desperately to submit her mathematics project to a big conference but is hindered by her extreme stage fright and social anxiety. Caleb has always been . . .
One Day in December | book review
Laurie is sitting on a bus on snowy day in December. While the bus sits at a stop, Laurie glances out the window and locks eyes with someone sitting out there. Instantly, she knows he's the one. It's love at first sight, and she knows he feels it too. And then the bus pulls away. Laurie spends the next year hoping to . . .
The Cousins | book review
Milly, Aubrey, and Jonah Story are cousins, but they hardly know one another. They are the grandchildren of the rich, reclusive woman who basically owns Gull Cove Island, but they've never even met her. The cousins' parents were disinherited over twenty years ago, but for what, they don't know---or won't . . .
Watch Over Me | book review
Mila has just graduated high school and aged out of the foster care system. She has no one and nothing. Maybe that’s why she accepts a job on a farm in the middle of nowhere, a place out of time and full of people like her: orphaned and haunted and alone. Though a refuge, the farm is haunted. There are ghosts . . .
Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares | book review
Dash is walking through his favorite bookstore when he finds a red moleskin notebook hiding out on the shelves. Inside, he finds a literary scavenger hunt. Of course he plays along. Lily's whole family, other than her brother, Langston, has left her alone for her favorite holiday: Christmas. Feeling more alone than ever, Langston helps Lily come up . . .
One of Us Is Next | book review
Since Simon died last year, a ton of copycat gossip apps have popped up at Bayview High. But none have been as successful as About That. With Simon gone, the gossip mill has run dry. Until a texted-based Truth or Dare game starts. And students at Bayview High are once again the targets. Phoebe is up first—and when . . .
Clap When You Land | book review
Camino lives in the Dominican Republic with her aunt, the village healer. She helps her aunt around the house and around the village, hoping one day to move to the States and go to college to be a doctor. She lives for the summers when her father comes to visit from America. Yahaira lives in New York with her mother and father. She's an . . .
This Coven Won’t Break | book review
It’s Hannah’s senior year of high school, but instead of worrying about dances and homework and friends, she’s planning to take down the Hunters before they can take away her magic. It comes to light that the Hunters have discovered a way to take out entire covens all at once, and Hannah is desperate to help the Clans save everyone’s magic. But this is a . . .
One of Us Is Lying | book review
Five teens, who couldn’t be more different from one another, wind up together in detention: Nate, the drug dealer who’s on probation; Bronwyn, the future valedictorian; Cooper, Bayview High’s star baseball pitcher; Addie, the popular girl with the popular boyfriend; and Simon, the creator of Bayview’s notorious gossip app, where he spills the secrets of all his classmates, sometimes . . .