The Blue Girl

de Lint, Charles. The Blue Girl. New York: Penguin Group, 2004.
ISBN: 0142405450 pbk.
$7.99

Reader’s Annotation:
Seventeen year old Imogene moves to a new school district, yet in this new place she rediscovers a link to an old and not so imaginary friend.

Booktalk:
Who exactly is The Blue Girl? Imogene doesn’t start as the blue girl. Imogene starts as an ordinary girl. Granted Imogene’s a little more hardcore than your average teenage girl, but she’s still fairly normal. Well if you consider a normal girl to be a thrift shop wearing, tattoo sporting, gang member, with a quirky side.

Imogene just moved to new town and she’s determined to make a best friend. She’s willing to do anything even appear normal, well as normal as she can. Little does Imogene know that she’s about to get what she asked for in spades. Imogene makes one normal friend Maxine, a quiet studious girl that embraces Imogene’s quirky side. However, Imogene also acquires a few more friends that are slightly more unusual.

Imogene befriends a teenage ghost that haunts her school along with a couple of malicious fairies. She also reacquaints herself with her old imaginary friend, Pellie. Little does Imogene know that her exposure to the magical world is about to get complicated and a whole lot scarier. Questions lie everywhere, but the biggest question becomes why is Imogene The Blue Girl?

Awards/Reviews:
Winner of the World Fantasy Award
VOYA reviewed December 1, 2004
Booklist reviewed February 15, 2004
School Library Journal reviewed November 1, 2004

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The Faerie Path

Jones, Frewin. The Faerie Path. New York: Harper Collins, 2007.
ISBN: 9780060871048 pbk.
$8.99

Reader’s Annotation:
The story of a girl that finds out she is real live fairy princess.

Booktalk:
It’s Tania’s birthday and her boyfriend has a big surprise for her. Tania really hopes that her boyfriend is going to say those three magic little words, “I love you”. The surprise starts with a romantic boat ride, just Tania and her boyfriend Evan. But everything is spoiled by a surprise visitor that makes the boat crash.

When Tania wakes up Evan is gone and she’s quite sure she’s going crazy. Tania dreams of flying. She dreams of a mysterious man that urges her to leave the hospital. She receives a mysterious book that tells a wonderful fairy tale story.

But what if Tania isn’t going crazy? What if her wings were real? What if the story in the mysterious book was her story? Dare she follow the mysterious man? Dare she follow The Faerie Path?

Awards/Reviews:
VOYA reviewed April 1, 2007
School Library Journal reviewed March 1, 2007
Booklist reviewed January 1, 2007

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Ready or Not: An All-American Girl Novel

Cabot, Meg. Ready or Not. New York: Harper Collins, 2005.
ISBN: 9780060724528
310 pp.
$6.99

Reader's Annotation:

Ready or Not follows a teen’s choice of whether or not to have sex. The decision is made harder by the fact that the teen’s life is currently in the spotlight due to her daring rescue of the President and her relationship with his son.

Book Whispers:

For Sam Madison deciding to save the President was easy, deciding whether or not to take things to the next level with his son is harder. A decision will be made in Ready or Not.

Place to have sex, check. Protection with which to have sex, check. Loving boyfriend to have sex with, check. Is Sam Madison actually ready to have sex, question mark. Has Sam made a decision, find out in Ready or Not.

Awards/ Reviews:
VOYA Starred Review
School Library Journal reviewed October 1, 2005
Booklist reviewed September 15, 2005

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Drama High: The Fight

Divine, L. Drama High: The Fight. New York: Dafina Books, 2006.
ISBN: 0758216335
202 pp.
$9.95

Reader’s Annotation:
The Fight chronicles the daily drama of a young girl that splits her time between Compton, a rather rough part of L.A., and South Bay High, a mainly white high school in an affluent part of L.A.

Book Whispers:

Jayd Jackson is from Compton L.A. a pretty rough part of town, but for Jayd South Bay High might just be more dangerous than Compton. Find out what happens in Drama High: The Fight.

Drama High has your average mix of jocks, preps, druggies, and nerds, so why does Jayd Jackson need a ritual cleansing to protect herself from the drama of Drama High? Find out in Drama High: The Fight.

Awards/Reviews:

Chicago Tribune reviewed August 11, 2007

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