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Despite the fact that she is currently homeless and living on a school bus, Amber Appleton is the most hopeful, optimistic, and loving teenager ever. She teaches English to the Korean Divas for Christ, created a program that spices up the lives of the elderly at the Methodist home, befriends a lonely Vietnam Veteran, and fights to save her favorite teacher’s job. But when tragedy strikes, Amber must decide if she will remain hopeful or give in to despair. Grab a box of tissues. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, but you will absolutely love the way this one ends! Here’s the trailer for Sorta Like a Rock Star created by Matthew Quick, the author of the book:
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Have you ever been embarrassed by your parents? Do you find yourself competing with one of your brothers or sisters? Does your best friend think you like him like him, when all you want is to be friends? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, then you can relate to Hamlet, the main character in The Total Tragedy of a Girl Named Hamlet by Erin Dionne. Hamlet’s life is anything but ordinary. Her parents are obsessed with Shakespeare to the extent that they appear in public wearing Shakespearean garb. Now Hamlet’s brilliant eight-year-old sister will be an 8th grader at school with Hamlet. To complicate matters even more, Hamlet is receiving cute origami pigs from a secret admirer! With all of this happening to her and more, Hamlet is finding it very hard to do what she desperately wants to do in 8th grade-fit in. Here’s a trailer for the book:
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To be Good Enough according to her parents, Patti Yoon must…
1. Score at least a 2300 on her SATs
2. Get into HARVARDYALEPRINCETON
3. Stay away from boys who will surely distract her from her studies
BUT everything seems to change when Patti meets cute trumpet player, Ben. She starts to question if what she wants and what her parents want are the same thing and if success and happiness really are the same. Good Enough is a laugh out loud, cute, enjoyable novel about a girl who “longs to fit in and strives to stand out.”