Review: Material Girls by Elaine Dimopoulos
October 29, 2018
SYNOPSIS: In Marla Klein and Ivy Wilde’s world, teens are the gatekeepers of culture. A top fashion label employs sixteen-year-old Marla to dictate hot new clothing trends, while Ivy, a teen pop star, popularizes the garments that Marla approves. Both girls are pawns in a calculated but seductive system of corporate control, and both begin […]
Review: Roomies by Sara Zarr & Tara Altebrando
October 27, 2018
SYNOPSIS: It’s time to meet your new roomie. When East Coast native Elizabeth receives her freshman year roommate assignment, she shoots off an e-mail to coordinate the basics: television, microwave, mini-fridge. That first note to San Franciscan Lauren sparks a series of e-mails that alters the landscape of each girl’s summer—and raises questions about how […]
Review: The Romantics by Leah Konen
October 24, 2018
SYNOPSIS: Gael Brennan is about to have his heart broken when his first big relationship crumbles on the heels of his parents’ painful separation. Love intervenes with the intention of setting things right—but she doesn’t anticipate the intrusion of her dreaded nemesis: the Rebound. Love’s plans for Gael are sidetracked by Cara, Gael’s hot-sauce-wielding “dream […]
Review: The Truth of Right Now by Kara Lee Corthron
October 22, 2018
SYNOPSIS: If you could take back one thing you’ve done in your life, do you know what it would be? Lily is returning to her privileged Manhattan high school after a harrowing end to her sophomore year and it’s not pretty. She hates chemistry and her spiteful lab partner, her friends are either not speaking […]
Review: Alex, Approximately by Jenn Bennett
October 16, 2018
SYNOPSIS: The one guy Bailey Rydell can’t stand is actually the boy of her dreams—she just doesn’t know it yet. Classic movie fan Bailey “Mink” Rydell has spent months crushing on a witty film geek she only knows online as Alex. Two coasts separate the teens until Bailey moves in with her dad, who lives […]
