FICTION
Released: March 1, 2001
"Adolescence, zits and all, described with wit and empathy. "
When a teenager acquires a pen-pal and a life, highs and lows alternate as dizzily as adolescent hormone levels in this engaging Australian debut.
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FICTION
Released: April 1, 2003
"Sassy and packed with more plot twists than a Real World marathon: likely to be snapped up eagerly by teen and preteen McCafferty fans."
CHILDREN'S
Released: April 1, 2004
"ROTFL. (Fiction. YA)"
Told entirely in instant messages, this modern epistolary tale prompts both tears and LOL (laughing out loud).
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Aug. 10, 2004
"Light and easy. (Fiction 12+)"
Plucky and mouthy, Jess Jordan manages to get herself in a variety of messes, mostly having to do with boys.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: March 22, 2005
"Although the gimmick gets tedious and repetitious in spots, Lockhart shines at depicting the all-encompassing microcosm of school social life, and wisely eschews an unrealistically happy ending, instead offering hope and honest growth. (Fiction. 12-14)"
After being dumped by her boyfriend, rejected by her girlfriends and humiliated by her classmates, Ruby Oliver, a 15-year-old moderately popular girl turned pariah, reassesses her history and her actions.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: June 1, 2005
"The characters might be a bit slight, and a few sit-com moments over-extended, but as a first effort on a touchy subject this will entertain readers no matter which team they play for. (Fiction 12+)"
CHILDREN'S
Released: July 1, 2005
"Fresh, funny and perfectly plausible as a demonstration of various writing exercises for classroom use, but only if you like laughter. (Fiction. YA)"
CHILDREN'S
Released: April 1, 2006
"This has virtually the same plotline as Liza Conrad's "chicklet-lit" Rock My World (2005), and the two would make a great couple. (Fiction. YA)"
Korman is a good date: Laugh-out-loud funny, honest, hot and sweet, he knows how to start a story with lines about Republicans and body-cavity searches in the first few pages.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Feb. 1, 2008
"Teens living through the pressure of college applications and questioning their futures will sympathize with Patti in this enjoyable, funny but not superficial read, which bears many similarities to Alex Flinn's Diva (2006). (Fiction. YA)"
Patti knows that the only thing harder than calculus, or maybe mastering the cadenza from the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E Minor, is being a PKD, a Perfect Korean Daughter.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Sept. 1, 2010
"For celebrity-drama lovers everywhere. (Urban chick lit. 12 & up)"
This genuine and delicious first installment of the Fab Life series stars down-to-earth R&B songwriter Sunday Tolliver and her high-maintenance, hip-hop–diva cousin Dreya.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: June 28, 2011
"Rennison's writing remains reliably, undeniably entertaining; Georgia would be pleased. (Fiction. 12 & up)"
Fans of Georgia Nicolson will be thrilled to meet her cousin Tallulah in Printz Honor–winner Rennison's new madcap melodrama.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: July 1, 2011
"A humorous, hip look at the ups and downs of fasting for Ramadan within the context of intergenerational and cultural challenges. (Fiction. 12 & up)"
When a 15-year-old contemporary American Muslim from a "half-way religious" family opts to observe Ramadan, she has no idea how difficult and rewarding it will be.
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