Does Snogging Count as Exercise?


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Fourteen-year-old Holly, who gets embarrassed around boys, develops a plan to snag Luke, her best friend Poppy's very cute older brother.




Does Glitter Count as Camouflage?


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‘So, are you going out with him now or what?’ Poppy asked.‘I don’t know.’ I thought about it. ‘I guess I’ll see him soon and we’ll talk about it.’‘Will you be all elusive and distant and coy?’‘Erm . . .’‘Or maybe just avoid him until he goes mad with lust for you?’Gorgeous Luke has just kissed Holly Stockwell. She’s had a crush on him forever. Maybe he’s finally noticed that Holly’s not just his sister’s best friend!But, before anything else can happen, Holly and Poppy go off to Cornwall for a group camping holiday. Will Luke be waiting for Holly when she gets back? And, when having the right image seems so important, will Holly be brave enough to drop the camouflage and be herself?




Do Secrets Count as Sabotage?


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‘You’ve got that dreamy look on your face again,’ warned Poppy on the bus home from school. I needed to sort that out, otherwise I would accidentally slip into it at home and my Mum would find out I was finally a normal fifteen-year-old with a gorgeous boyfriend and freak out. I swear she thinks I am still about eight. It’s amazing . . . Holly Stockwell is actually going out with the gorgeous Luke! Keeping it a secret from her mum seems to be the only problem – until best friend Poppy starts to feel left out. Will Poppy really turn to arch-enemy Claudia? And when the chips are down, will Holly dare to tell the truth?




The Crimson Thread


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"Once upon a Time" Is Timeless The year is 1880, and Bertie, having just arrived in New York with her family, is grateful to be given work as a seamstress in the home of textile tycoon J. P. Wellington. When the Wellington family fortune is threatened, Bertie's father boasts that Bertie will save the business, that she is so skillful she can "practically spin straw into gold." Amazingly, in the course of one night, Bertie creates exquisite evening gowns -- with the help of Ray Stalls, a man from her tenement who uses an old spinning wheel to create dresses that are woven with crimson thread and look as though they are spun with real gold. Indebted to Ray, Bertie asks how she can repay him. When Ray asks for her firstborn child, Bertie agrees, never dreaming that he is serious....




Crush du Jour


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When a girl bites off more than she can chew... Laine barely has enough time for herself, much less for romance. But she's always hungry for more projects -- so she signs up to teach a cooking class at her local community center. As it turns out, the guy co-teaching the class with her, Seth, is not just cute, but downright delicious! When Seth offers her a waitressing job at his family's restaurant, Hype, Laine can't resist. Just as Seth finally warms up to Laine, she finds out that Callie, another waitress at Hype, is cooking up a plan to steal Seth for herself. But tensions really reach their boiling point when Laine's restaurant critic mother writes a scathing review of Hype! Will Laine have to put love on the back burner again?




Winter's Child


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A Retelling of "The Snow Queen" Free-spirited Grace and serious Kai are the best of friends. They grew up together listening to magical tales spun by Kai's grandmother and sharing in each other's secrets. But when they turn sixteen and Kai declares his love for Grace, everything changes. Grace yearns for freedom and slowly begins to push Kai -- and their friendship -- away. Dejected Kai dreams of a dazzling Snow Queen, who entices him to leave home and wander to faraway lands. When Grace discovers Kai is gone, she learns how much she has lost and sets out on a mystical journey to find Kai...and discover herself.




Party Games


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If only life were one big party. Sara would be looking forward to her sixteenth birthday, but thanks to her mom's party planning business, she's way too wrapped up in someone else's: spoiled socialite Dakota London's. Sara would much rather spend her summer hanging out with Ian, an up-and-coming guitar player and her new crush. But Sara is so busy catering to Dakota's every wacky whim, she's got no time to spend with him. And then, the icing on the cake: Dakota wants Ian to be her date for the big bash, and she wants Sara to play matchmaker! Sara's not sure she's game for this task, especially because she thinks she's falling for Ian. Will this birthday end up more bitter than sweet?




The School Librarian


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The Publishers Weekly


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