Showing posts with label teenage girls. Show all posts
Showing posts with label teenage girls. Show all posts

Sunday, February 28, 2016

My life after now

My life after now 
by Jessica Verdi 
Language: English 
Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks Fire, [2013] 
287 pages ; 21 cm. 
ISBN: 9781402277856 ; 1402277857 
Summary: When she loses a leading role and her leading man to another girl, sixteen-year-old Lucy, a member of the high school drama club, does something completely out of character that has life-altering consequences. 
Available: http://www.amazon.com/Life-After-Now-Jessica-Verdi/dp/1402277857

What lies within

What lies within 
by James Morris 
Language: English 
CreateSpace, 2015. 
218 p. : cm. 
ISBN: 1512283193 ; 9781512283198 
Summary: Shelley Marano is an ordinary, unexceptional high school senior...until the day she receives a cryptic text message, and her world tilts sideways. Now she's in real danger, although she doesn't know who would want her dead, or why. As she starts to unravel the mystery, the truth about who she really is proves to be more frightening than she ever imagined. With the lives of her and her friends hanging in the balance, one thing is certain: Nothing will ever be the same. 
Available: https://www.createspace.com/5509710

Double identity

Double identity 
by Margaret Peterson Haddix 
Language: English 
New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, ©2005. 
218 pages ; 22 cm. 
ISBN: 0689873743 ; 9780689873744 
Summary: Thirteen-year-old Bethany's parents have always been overprotective, but when they suddenly drop out of sight with no explanation, leaving her with an aunt she never knew existed, Bethany uncovers shocking secrets that make her question everything she thought she knew about herself and her family. 
Available: http://www.amazon.com/Double-Identity-Margaret-Peterson-Haddix/dp/0689873794

Lucy : a novel

Lucy : a novel 
by Laurence Gonzales 
Language: English 
New York : Alfred A Knopf, 2010. 
307 p. ; 25 cm. 
ISBN: 9780307272607 ; 0307272605 
Summary: Jenny Lowe, a primatologist studying chimpanzees, is running for her life with the child of a murdered fellow scientist after a civil war explodes. Jenny grabbing the notebooks of the primatologist who's been killed. She brings the girl to Chicago to await the discovery of her relatives. The girl is fifteen and lovely, her name is Lucy. Realizing that the child has no living relatives, Jenny begins to care for her as her own. When she reads the notebooks written by Lucy's father, she discovers that the adorable, lovely, magical Lucy is the result of an experiment. She is part human, part ape, a hybrid human being. 
Available: http://www.amazon.com/Lucy-Laurence-Gonzales/dp/0307473902