LOVE IN THE CORNER POCKET
Scholastic/Point (Summer, 2008)
ISBN-10: 0545019915
ISBN-13: 978-0545019910
All’s fair in love and billiards.
At the pool table, Chloe is an expert. She can see all the angles, sink all her shots. But when it comes to love, she’s more of a novice—unlike her beautiful best friend Bridget, who plays to win.
But when Alex comes to town, he changes everything. Slick and confident, he makes Chloe feel things she’s never felt before, and he even beats her at pool. The trouble is, Bridget also has her sights set on him. Meanwhile, Chloe’s old friend, Theo, seems to want to be more than her pool partner.
When dealing with friendship and love, will Chloe be stuck behind the 8-ball? Or is this a game she can win?
DEAD IS THE NEW BLACK
Harcourt Children's Books (Fall, 2008)
ISBN-10: 0152064087
ISBN-13: 978-0152064082
Fashion statement...or something freakier?
The first installment of this creepy, campy paperback original series introduces the psychic Giordano sisters—and their very strange hometown, Nightshade, California.
Teenage girls are being mysteriously attacked all over town, including at Nightshade High School, where Daisy Giordano is a junior. When Daisy discovers that a vampire may be the culprit, she can’t help but suspect head cheerlead Samantha Devereaux, who returned from summer break with a new “look.” Samantha looks a little...well, dead, and all the popular kids at school are copying her style. Is looking dead just another fashion trend for pretty popular Samantha, or is there something more sinister going on? To find out, Daisy joins the cheerleading squad....
Dead is the New Black is a fast-paced mystery that combines romance, humor, sibling rivalry, and lots of attitude.
There's more DEAD ahead. Look for additional books in the series, DEAD IS A STATE OF MIND and DEAD IS SO LAST YEAR.
UNEXPECTED DEVELOPMENT
Roaring Brook Press (Fall, 2004)
ISBN-10: 1596430060
ISBN-13: 978-1596430068
Megan knows twenty different words for "breasts," and can recite them alphabetically—but she can't remember the last time a guy looked her in the eye first, not the chest.
Size matters, as Megan found out in the 5th grade, when she developed the largest breasts in the class. Now she's 17 and wearing her twin brothers' baggy sweatshirts can't hide the fact—two facts, really. When her summer job at Pancake Palace puts her in close touch with Jake, who smells like "temptation and Ivory soap," Megan wonders if he can like her for herself, not just her body. Can lusty, busty Megan learn to trust Jake—and herself? Megan tells about her summer of sex in somewhat poignant and very funny journal entries to her favorite teacher.