Download or read book Getting Revenge on Lauren Wood written by Eileen Cook and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-01-05 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Count of Monte Cristo meets Mean Girls in this scandalicious, hilarious tale of friendship, betrayal, makeovers, and revenge.

Download or read book Unraveling Isobel written by Eileen Cook and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-10-30 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When seventeen-year-old Isobel's mother marries a man she just met and they move to his gothic mansion on an island, strange occurrences cause Isobel to fear that she is losing her sanity as her artist father did.

Download or read book Used to Be written by Eileen Cook and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-07-24 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enjoy two wise and witty stories from Eileen Cook in one great book! In The Education of Hailey Kendrick, Hailey is tired of always doing exactly what’s expected of her. She’s going to prove she’s not perfect by breaking a very big rule in a very public way…with a very unexpected partner in crime. When Hailey gets caught, she loses everything—her best friend, her boyfriend, her popularity, her reputation. Now Hailey is up for anything…maybe even the boy she never noticed before. But even with her new bad girl image, she still has to ask herself: How far is too far? In Getting Revenge on Lauren Wood, Lauren and Helen used to be best friends…until Lauren betrayed Helen in a manner so publicly humiliating that Helen had to move to a new town just to save face. Now Helen is back, and she’s planning to bring down her former BFF by taking away everything that’s ever been important to Lauren—starting with her boyfriend. Watch out, Lauren Wood. Things are about to get bitchy.

Download or read book What Would Emma Do written by Eileen Cook and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-12-30 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While juggling friendship issues (her best friend isn't speaking to her), a love triangle-turned-square (okay, maybe she shouldn't have kissed her best friend's boyfriend...but it was totally an accident!...sort of), and escalating mayhem in her small religious town (uh-oh...what would Jesus do?), Emma realizes she has to stop trying to please everyone around her and figure out what she wants for herself. It's time to start asking, "What would Emma do?"

Download or read book Used to Be written by Eileen Cook and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-07-24 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dating a popular boy and adhering to every rule ever written, a high school senior at an elite Vermont boarding school begins to shed her good girl identity after an angry incident with her distant father. ; In eighth grade, Lauren publicly betrayed her best friend Helen and humiliated her so badly that Helen moved away, but as Lauren starts her senior year of high school, Helen returns with a new appearance and a plot to get revenge.

Download or read book Some Girls Are written by Courtney Summers and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2010-01-05 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Classic Courtney Summers with a brand new look and exclusive bonus material! This ebook edition of Some Girls Are includes updated text and a discussion guide. The only thing worse than being Anna Morrison's best friend is being her enemy—and Regina Afton is about to discover that the hard way. After she's set-up by a fellow member of their vicious, all-girl clique, Regina ends up on the receiving end of the same acts of cruelty she spent years committing and seeks solace in the unexpected company of Michael Hayden, a quiet loner she used to bully. As tensions grow and the abuse worsens, the two question whether a mean girl can ever truly be redeemed for her past, and if not, just how much should she be made to pay. As their feelings for each other grow more complicated and the final days of senior year march toward an explosive conclusion, they're terrified to find out . . . Also available from Courtney Summers: I'M THE GIRL, the new "brutally captivating" (Publishers Weekly, starred review) queer thriller based loosely on The Epstein case.

Download or read book Blubber written by Judy Blume and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2024-11-05 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Blubber is a good name for her,” the note from Caroline said about Linda. Jill crumpled it up and left it on the corner of her school desk. She didn’t want to think about Linda or her dumb report on whales just then. Jill wanted to think about Halloween. But Robby grabbed the note and before Linda stopped talking it had gone halfway around the room. There was something about Linda that made a lot of kids in her fifth-grade class want to see how far they could go…but nobody, Jill least of all, expected the fun to end where it did.

Download or read book The Almost Truth written by Eileen Cook and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-12-04 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of Unraveling Isobel and The Education of Hailey Kendrick, a smart, romantic novel about a teenage con artist who might be in over her head. Sadie can’t wait to get away from her backwards small town, her delusional mom, her jailbird dad, and the tiny trailer where she was raised…even though leaving those things behind also means leaving her best friend Brendan. Sadie wants a better life, and she has been working steadily toward it, one con at a time. But when Sadie’s mother wipes out Sadie’s savings, her escape plan is suddenly gone. She needs to come up with a lot of cash—and fast—or she’ll be stuck in this town forever. With Brendan’s help, she devises a plan—the ultimate con—to get the money. But the more lies Sadie spins, the more she starts falling for her own hoax…and perhaps for the wrong boy. Sadie wanted to change her life, but she wasn't prepared to have it flipped upside down by her own deception. With her future at stake and her heart on the line, suddenly it seems like she has a lot more than just money to lose...

Download or read book Single Minded written by Lisa Daily and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2017-06-27 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alex has planned and executed her life with laser focus since she first met her future husband at the play-doh table on the first day of kindergarten. They have a terrific life, a gorgeous house on the bay, and fantastic careers they love. There's only one problem: Alex's husband has a secret. A big one. Now, Alex’s perfectly planned life has completely fallen apart, her biological clock is starting to feel like the timer on a nuclear device, and she finds herself drooling over her completely-dreamy-but-definitely-off-limits client, a star chef opening a hot new restaurant. Armed with dating guidance from her oddball collection of advisers—including her gay ex-husband, a foul-mouthed political consultant, a perkily masochistic yogi, and a pot-smoking octogenarian—Alex navigates the booby-trapped world of modern dating, in her search for a second chance at love in Single-Minded by Lisa Daily.

Download or read book The Revenge of Zachariah Kermit Higgins written by A. Wood and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-02-28 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seventh grader girls, Billie and Gem, fall for the guys of their dreams, Chad and Samson, on Facebook. As it turns out, these guys are none other than scrawny Zachariah, the classmate they have been bullying at school for months. Zach's quest for revenge by creating the online deception becomes a big confused knot that isn't working out like he planned, leading to unexpected outcomes.

Download or read book Remember written by Eileen Cook and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-02-24 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thrilling tale about how far a girl will go to get back a memory she lost…or remove what she wants to forget. Harper is used to her family being hounded by protestors. Her father runs the company that trademarked the “Memtex” procedure that wipes away sad memories, and plenty of people think it shouldn’t be legal. Then a new demonstrator crosses her path, Neil, who’s as persistent as he is hot. Not that Harper’s noticing, since she already has a boyfriend. When Harper suffers a loss, she’s shocked her father won’t allow her to get the treatment, so she finds a way to get it without his approval. Soon afterward, she’s plagued with strange symptoms, including hallucinations of a woman who is somehow both a stranger, yet incredibly familiar. Harper begins to wonder if she is delusional, or if these are somehow memories. Together with Neil, who insists he has his own reasons for seeking answers about the real dangers of Memtex, Harper begins her search for the truth. What she finds could uproot all she’s ever believed about her life…

Download or read book Small Medium at Large written by Joanne Levy and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2012-07-03 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After being hit by lightning, 12-year-old Lilah, who has a crush on classmate Andrew Finkel, discovers that she can communicate with dead people, including her grandmother who wants Lilah to find a new wife for Lilah's divorced father.

Download or read book The Lioness Awakens written by Lauren Eden and published by Castle Point Books. This book was released on 2018-11-06 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lioness Awakens is an illustrated work of short poems with a bite. Lauren Eden writes provocative poetry about love, sexuality, heartbreak, and feminism, combined in a creative expression of female empowerment and confidence... I was always suspicious of those Happily Ever Afters disappearing without a trace with no other pages as evidence.

Download or read book Writing Irresistible Kidlit written by Mary Kole and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-12-04 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Captivate the hearts and minds of young adult readers! Writing for young adult (YA) and middle grade (MG) audiences isn't just "kid's stuff" anymore--it's kidlit! The YA and MG book markets are healthier and more robust than ever, and that means the competition is fiercer, too. In Writing Irresistible Kidlit, literary agent Mary Kole shares her expertise on writing novels for young adult and middle grade readers and teaches you how to: • Recognize the differences between middle grade and young adult audiences and how it impacts your writing. • Tailor your manuscript's tone, length, and content to your readership. • Avoid common mistakes and cliches that are prevalent in YA and MG fiction, in respect to characters, story ideas, plot structure and more. • Develop themes and ideas in your novel that will strike emotional chords. Mary Kole's candid commentary and insightful observations, as well as a collection of book excerpts and personal insights from bestselling authors and editors who specialize in the children's book market, are invaluable tools for your kidlit career. If you want the skills, techniques, and know-how you need to craft memorable stories for teens and tweens, Writing Irresistible Kidlit can give them to you.

Download or read book Gnome Invasion written by Eileen Cook and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-08-16 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The third in a series of books about Willow's adventures as she masters her secret fairy powers, navigates sprite training, tries to ignore her perfect older sister, and maintains a friendship with Katie, the most un-normal of humans. Willow Avery seems to be advancing in her fairy training with alarming speed. In addition to being able to talk to animals (a very unusual power), she can also fly! But it isn't all good news. Willow's human bff, Katie, has discovered that fairies exist and that's put the Averys in a difficult position. They're under review from the Fairy Council as to what humans' knowledge of fairies could mean. Meanwhile, Willow is entering the school science fair and she's vowed not to use her magic to help her win. So she tests different methods of watering plants the old fashioned way: trial and error. However, a vindictive garden gnome, Jakob DeGroot, is appalled at her plant abuse and does everything in his power to thwart her science project. Of course, drama continues with Bethany and Katie, and new crush Nathan at school. And it looks like Jakob might be meddling with her human classmates' projects too! Can Willow stop the meddling gnome and still be able to compete--all without magic?

Download or read book One Lie Too Many written by Eileen Cook and published by HMH Books For Young Readers. This book was released on 2019-03-05 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A riveting psychological thriller with "a surprise twist that will leave readers arguing long after the book is over" (Booklist) about a girl who gets in over her head when a seemingly harmless prank turns into a murder investigation. Now in paperback!

Download or read book Here Comes Your Man written by Derek Gentry and published by Derek Gentry. This book was released on 2010-04 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet Garrett: 30-year-old computer geek, master of irrational optimism, and serial-kisser of women who (it turns out) don't like him that way. After three blurry years of business travel and inadvertent celibacy, Garrett is so ready for a serious relationship that he's a little bit dangerous. Inspired by a romantic near-miss on a flight home to Seattle, Garrett hurls himself into the deep end of the dating pool, determined to find happiness no matter how miserable it makes him. Too bad the women he falls for don't share his sense of urgency: Froot Loop sculptress April worries she's warping his personality, cynical attorney Corinne suspects he likes her too much, and upstairs neighbor Meryl just wants to be friends. Garrett refuses to give up though... well, at least until he does. But sometimes, after you've finally abandoned hope, you find that someone else hasn't given up on you. "With wit, heart and intelligence, Derek Gentry's Here Comes Your Man reminds readers that you never know what is around the next corner or on the next page. Those who enjoy Nick Hornby will devour this book." -Eileen Cook, author of Getting Revenge on Lauren Wood