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The Illustrated Mum
by Jacqueline Wilson
A young girl's plight to navigate the difficult relationships between her mother and siblings.
Dolphin and her older sister, Star, live with their mother, Marigold, in a small London flat. Marigold, an avid lover of tattoos, suffers from bipolar disorder and also has a drinking problem. ... (Wikipedia)
The Lottie Project
by Jacqueline Wilson
A school project about Victorian times leads to a girl discovering her own family history and the struggles of her ancestors.
Hi! I'm Charlie (DON'T call me Charlotte - ever!). History is boring, right? Wrong! The Victorians weren't all deadly dull and drippy. Lottie certainly isn't. She's eleven - like me - but she's left ... (Goodreads)
Double Act
by Jacqueline Wilson
Identical twins Ruby and Garnet navigate their parents' divorce and their own differences in this heartwarming tale of sisterhood.
The book takes the form of the twins alternately narrating the story of their life in an Accounts book. Ruby and Garnet are ten-year-old identical twins living with their father and grandmother since ... (Wikipedia)
Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging
by Louise Rennison
A comedic coming-of-age story of a teenage girl, navigating the ups and downs of teenage life.
Georgia, a teenager, lives with her mother, father, 3-year-old sister Libby, and her wild cat, Angus, whom the family found on a holiday to Scotland. Georgia bumps into the popular and attractive ... (Wikipedia)
The Princess Diaries
by Meg Cabot
A teenage girl discovers she is a princess and must navigate royal life while dealing with typical high school drama.
Mia Thermopolis is pretty sure there's nothing worse than being a five-foot-nine, flat-chested freshman, who also happens to be flunking Algebra. Is she ever in for a surprise. First mom announces ... (Goodreads)
How I Live Now
by Meg Rosoff
A girl's war-torn journey of survival, courage, and love.
Fifteen-year-old Elizabeth (who goes by the name of Daisy) is sent from the US to stay with her aunt Penn and her children, Daisy's cousins, on a remote farm in the United Kingdom during the outbreak ... (Wikipedia)
The Visit
by Friedrich Dürrenmatt
A wealthy woman makes a fateful decision to exact revenge on the impoverished village that once wronged her.
The story opens with the town of Güllen (a name evoking "liquid manure" in German) preparing for the arrival of famed billionaire Claire Zachanassian, who grew up there. Güllen has fallen on hard ... (Wikipedia)
Knocked Out by My Nunga-Nungas
by Louise Rennison
A teenage girl's humorous journey of self-discovery, finding her place in the world.
As I was going out of my bedroom door I remembered my nungas. Perhaps I should take some precautions to keep them under strict control. Maybe bits of Sellotape on the ends of them to keep them from ... (Barnes & Noble)
I Heart Hollywood
by Lindsey Kelk
Follow Angela Clark's adventures in Hollywood as she navigates fame, fortune, and love in the city of dreams.
I Heart series book 2. Celebs, sunshine and beautiful boys…enough to lead a girl astray? Angela Clark can’t believe her luck… she’s an English girl living in New York with a dream job at hip magazine ... (Goodreads)
Model Misfit
by Holly Smale
Geeky Harriet Manners navigates the fashion world as a model, but struggles to fit in.
You can make a geek a model, but you can't make her chic. More hilarity and high fashion await in the second book in the internationally bestselling Geek Girl series! Harriet Manners is a model—but ... (Barnes & Noble)
Party Princess
by Meg Cabot
Mia Thermopolis is back, and this time she's planning the biggest party of the year. But can she handle the pressure of being a princess and a teenager?
Princess just want to have fun . . . And Mia does too, despite the fact that the student government over which she presides is suddenly broke. But Grandmere's got a wacky scheme to raise the money, ... (Goodreads)
The Fallen Legacies
by Pittacus Lore
A group of alien teens with special powers fight for survival and freedom against their oppressors.
Before Number Four, there were One, Two, and Three. Until now we've only known that the Mogadorians caught Number One in Malaysia. Number Two in England. And Number Three in Kenya. But all of that is ... (Goodreads)
Tales from a Not-So-Glam TV Star
by Rachel Renée Russell
Nikki lands a role on a TV show, but struggles to balance fame with her friendships and family.
Everyone’s been rooting for Nikki Maxwell and her crush, Brandon—and fans will finally learn if they had their first kiss in this seventh book of the New York Times bestselling Dork Diaries series! ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Twits
by Roald Dahl
A tale of two mischievous and nasty people and their schemes to outwit each other.
A hideous, vindictive, spiteful couple known as the Twits live together in a brick house without windows. They continuously play nasty practical jokes on each other out of hatred for one another, ... (Wikipedia)
The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories
by Tim Burton
Collection of darkly humorous, twisted tales of peculiar and fantastical characters.
From breathtaking stop-action animation to bittersweet modern fairy tales, filmmaker Tim Burton has become known for his unique visual brilliance – witty and macabre at once. Now he gives birth to a ... (Goodreads)
Nine's Legacy
by Pittacus Lore
A novella that delves into the backstory of Number Nine, one of the nine Loric children with extraordinary powers.
Number Nine—when John frees him from his cell in the power of six, he's ferocious, reckless, and ready to fight back. But being held captive changes a person—even a Lorien. See what Nine was like ... (Goodreads)
Ghostgirl
by Tonya Hurley
Charlotte Usher is a high school misfit who dies choking on a gummy bear. She becomes a ghost and tries to fit in with the popular crowd.
Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep. And if I should die before I awake, I pray the popular attend my wake. Charlotte Usher feels practically invisible at school, and then one ... (Goodreads)
The Valley of the Wolves
by Laura Gallego García
A young shepherdess embarks on a dangerous journey to save her people from a curse that has befallen their valley.
Dana attends a school of magic with only one other student. She has a great love only she can see. And only she can unravel these mysteries and become mistress of the Valley of the Wolves. Ever since ... (Goodreads)
Fat Chance
by Nick Spalding
A humorous and heartwarming story of a man's journey to lose weight and find love.
Meet Zoe and Greg Milton, a married couple who have let themselves go a bit. Zoe was a stunner in her college days, but the intervening decades have added five stone, and removed most of her ... (Goodreads)
Until Friday Night
by Abbi Glines
A mute girl and a popular football player find solace in each other's company, healing from their respective traumas.
A #1 New York Times bestseller and the first novel in a brand-new series—from bestselling author Abbi Glines—about a small Southern town filled with cute boys in pickup trucks, Friday night football ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Story of Babar
by Jean de Brunhoff
An elephant's journey from the jungle to the city and back, learning the importance of family.
The first of the tales starring the most famous elephant in the literary world. In this classic that has delighted three generations of readers, Babar escapes from the hunter who killed his mother ... (Goodreads)
I Heart New York
by Lindsey Kelk
After a disastrous break-up, Angela Clark escapes to New York City to start anew and finds herself in a whirlwind of adventure and romance.
Perfect for fans of Sophie Kinsella, get ready for the summer debut of the year...When you're running away from a broken heart, there's only one place to go...Adjusting tiaras at the foot of the ... (Goodreads)
Last Stand of Dead Men
by Derek Landy
The war between Sanctuaries intensifies as the Dead Men make their last stand against the evil forces.
Five years prior The Man with Golden Eyes meets with the Torment, who tells him that he is onboard with his plans, and the man with the golden eyes sends several mortal mercenaries to kill some ... (Wikipedia)
Tales from a Not-So-Happy Heartbreaker
by Rachel Renée Russell
Nikki's heart is broken when her crush starts dating her arch-nemesis. She tries to move on, but drama ensues.
It’s , ,, Diary of a Wimpy Kid , ,, for girls in this hilarious novel!,, It’s the biggest dance of the year and I am HOPING my crush, Brandon, (shhhh!!) wants to be my date. But time is running out. ... (Goodreads)
P.S. I Love You
by Cecelia Ahern
A woman's journey of grief, recovery, and courage in the wake of her husband's death.
Holly and Gerry are a married couple who live in Dublin. They are deeply in love, but they fight occasionally. By winter that year, Gerry suddenly dies of a brain tumor and Holly realizes how much he ... (Wikipedia)
Stop in the Name of Pants!
by Louise Rennison
Georgia Nicolson's hilarious adventures continue as she navigates teenage life, love, and friendship.
Time to gird the loins and pucker up. Blimey O'Reilly's trousers! Three maybe-boyfriends is a lot for any girl to handle–red-bottomed or not. What with Robbie the Sex God back from Kiwi-a-gogo land ... (Goodreads)
Six's Legacy
by Pittacus Lore
A young girl with extraordinary powers is on the run from the Mogadorians, seeking her place in the world and her true identity.
Number Six—when John meets her in I Am Number Four she’s strong, powerful, and ready to fight. But who is she? Where has she been living? How has she been training? When did she develop her legacies? ... (Goodreads)
Doctor Sleep
by Stephen King
A man confronts his dark past as he defends a young girl from a supernatural evil.
Following the events of The Shining , after receiving a settlement from the owners of the Overlook Hotel, Danny Torrance remains psychologically traumatized as his mother Wendy slowly recovers from ... (Wikipedia)
The Lonely Hearts Club
by Elizabeth Eulberg
Fed up with boys, Penny starts a club for girls to focus on themselves. But love finds a way in.
Love is all you need... or is it? Penny's about to find out in this wonderful debut. Penny is sick of boys and sick of dating. So she vows: no more. It's a personal choice. . .and, of course, soon ... (Goodreads)
Shakespeare's Counselor
by Charlaine Harris
Lily Bard, a cleaning lady and karate expert, becomes embroiled in a murder investigation in small-town Arkansas.
Welcome back to the sleepy little town of Shakespeare , Arkansas , where secrets come to hide. Cleaning woman and karate expert Lily Bard is a woman with a complicated past. Trying her best to cope ... (Goodreads)
