CHILDREN'S
Released: March 1, 2011
"Still, readers will be captivated by the story of Maddie and people in her life, and the strengths and losses that help her succeed. (Fiction. 14-18)"
High-school badass and party girl "Mad Maddie" lands in rehab after pushing herself over the toxicity limit one too many times.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Sept. 1, 2009
"Authentic and relevant, this debut is one to top the charts. (Fiction. YA)"
She doesn't have the answers for why her boyfriend chose a May morning to kill six classmates and wound several others, but Valerie Leftman is one of the only people who can still remember the good in Nick Levil.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Sept. 1, 2009
"It is also a celebration of life and a song of hope in celebration of family and friendship, one that will resonate loud and long with teens. (Fiction. YA)"
CHILDREN'S
Released: March 19, 2009
"Due to the author's and the subject's popularity, this should be a much-discussed book, which rises far above the standard problem novel. (Fiction. YA)"
Neither therapy nor threats nor her ex–best friend's death can turn Lia away from her habits of cutting and self-starvation.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Oct. 9, 2007
"Cameron's power is his ability to distill a particular world and social experience with great specificity while still allowing the reader to access the deep well of our shared humanity. (Fiction. YA)"
Cameron's meticulously voiced novel begins as a comedy of manners, wittily disarticulating a certain class of New Yorker, so it takes the reader awhile to catch onto the fact that it's actually a story about the psychological pain that comes from loneliness and the difficulty in making emotional connections.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Sept. 24, 2007
"Deftly weaving together a painful confession and ambiguous ending, Lyga's dynamic writing style creates an emotionally wrenching and haunting tale. (Fiction. YA)"
