Friday, May 15, 2015

Lola and the boy next door

Lola and the boy next door 
by Stephanie Perkins 
Language: English 
New York, N.Y. : Dutton Books, 2011. 
338 p. ; 22 cm. 
ISBN: 9780525423287 ; 0525423281 
Summary: Budding costume designer Lola lives an extraordinary life in San Francisco with her two dads and beloved dog, dating a punk rocker, but when the Bell twins return to the house next door Lola recalls both the friendship-ending fight with Calliope, a figure skater, and the childhood crush she had on Cricket. 
Available: http://www.amazon.com/Lola-Next-Door-Stephanie-Perkins/dp/0142422010/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1431689641&sr=8-1&keywords=Lola+and+the+boy+next+door+%2F+Stephanie+Perkins

Sunday, May 10, 2015

How I fell in love & learned to shoot free throws

How I fell in love & learned to shoot free throws 
by Jon Ripslinger 
Language: English 
Brookfield, Conn. : Roaring Brook Press, ©2003. 
170 pages ; 22 cm. 
ISBN: 0761327479 ; 9780761327479 
Summary: Seventeen-year-old Danny Henderson, an indifferent basketball player, has his eye on Angel McPherson, star of the girls' team in their Iowa high school. 
Available: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0761318925/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Sorta like a rock star

Sorta like a rock star : a novel 
by Matthew Quick 
Language: English 
New York : Little, Brown, 2010. 
355 p. ; 22 cm. 
ISBN: 9780316043526 ; 0316043524 
Summary: Although seventeen-year-old Amber Appleton is homeless, living in a school bus with her unfit mother, she is a relentless optimist who visits the elderly at a nursing home, teaches English to Korean Catholic women with the use of rhythm and blues music, and befriends a solitary Vietnam veteran and his dog, but eventually she experiences one burden more than she can bear and slips into a deep depression. 
Available: http://www.amazon.com/Sorta-Like-Rock-Matthew-Quick/dp/0316043532/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1431256509&sr=8-1&keywords=sorta+like+a+rock+star