All About "coming of age"
Book Review: The Celebutantes: On the Avenue
Girl clique-type mystery an OK teen beach read.
Read MoreBook Review: The Straight Road to Kylie
Racy gay-themed read is fun but contrived.
Read MoreReview: That Was Then, This Is Now
Best friends become enemies when one accepts violence and crime and the other turns against that life. Bryon and Mark grow up together on the wrong side of the tracks, get into fights, and hustle pool. But Bryon changes, while Mark doesn't. Teenagers love the gritty realism of this novel and the story of a boy's inner turmoil.
Read MoreReview: Gossip Girl books
Manhattan's young, rich, and beautiful throw parties, fall in love, and stress about getting into Ivy League colleges -- all while wearing designer clothes. Their comings and goings are recorded by a secret spy within their fold on GossipGirl.net.
The seven books currently in this series (number eight is due for release in Oct.) follow bitchy Blair, earthy Serena, stoner Nate, edgy Dan and Vanessa, cute Jenny (and others in their circle). Beyond fancy vacations and charity events, they get glam in other ways: Serena models for a hot designer and Dan publishes a poem in The New Yorker. And then there are the inevitable romances: Nate and Blair. Dan and Serena. Nate and Jenny. Dan and Vanessa. You get the picture.
Books reviewed in this series include
Gossip Girl
All I Want Is Everything
Because I'm Worth It
Book Review: Jinx
Solid fun Cabot read for teens, but not magical.
Read MoreBook Review: Cures for Heartbreak
Sad, witty, powerful read about a parent dying.
Read MoreBook Review: Glass
Intense poems of meth addiction. Read with teens.
Read MoreBook Review: Bounce
Satisfying coming-of-age read for Friend fans.
Read MoreBook Review: Boy Toy
Very mature book about boy molested by teacher.
Read MoreBook Review: Parrotfish
Honest portrayal of a transgendered teen.
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