The Boyfriend List (20 page)

With her hilariously active imagination, Jess Jordan has a tendency to complicate her life, but now, as she’s finally getting closer to her crush, she’s determined to keep things under control. Readers will fall in love with Sue Limb’s insanely optimistic heroine.

Counting Stars
David Almond
978-0-440-41826-9

With stories that shimmer and vibrate in the bright heat of memory, David Almond creates a glowing mosaic of his life growing up in a large, loving Catholic family in northeastern England.

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Ann Brashares
978-0-385-73058-7

Over a few bags of cheese puffs, four girls decide to form a sisterhood and take the vow of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. The next morning, they say goodbye. And then the journey of the Pants, and the most memorable summer of their lives, begin.

The Second Summer of the Sisterhood
Ann Brashares
978-0-385-73105-8

With a bit of last summer’s sand in the pockets, the Traveling Pants and the Sisterhood who wears them—Lena, Tibby, Bridget, and Carmen—embark on their second summer together.

Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood
Ann Brashares
978-0-385-72935-2

It’s the summer before the Sisterhood departs for college … their last real summer together before they head off to start their grown-up lives. It’s the time when they need the Pants the most.

Walking Naked
Alyssa Brugman
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Megan Tuw has always been popular. But when she’s thrown into detention with Perdita Wiguiggan, the most unpopular “freak” in school, Megan finds herself slowly drawn into an almost-friendship. Then Megan faces a choice: Perdita or the group?

Keeper of the Night
Kimberly Willis Holt
978-0-553-49441-9

Living on the island of Guam, a place lush with memories and tradition, young Isabel struggles to protect her family and cope with growing up after her mother’s suicide.

The Lightkeeper’s Daughter
Iain Lawrence
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Imagine growing up on a tiny island with no one but your family. For Squid McCrae, returning to the island after three years away unleashes a storm of bittersweet memories, revelations, and accusations surrounding her brother’s death.

Lord of the Nutcracker Men
Iain Lawrence
978-0-440-41812-2

In 1914, Johnny’s father leaves England to fight the Germans in France. With each carved wooden soldier he sends home, the brutality of war becomes more apparent. Soon Johnny fears that his war games foretell real battles and that he controls his father’s fate.

Gathering Blue
Lois Lowry
978-0-440-22949-0

Lamed and suddenly orphaned, Kira is mysteriously taken to live in the palatial Council Edifice, where she is expected to use her gifts as a weaver to do the bidding of the all-powerful Guardians.

The Giver
Lois Lowry
978-0-440-23768-6

Jonas’s world is perfect. Everything is under control. There is no war or fear or pain. There are no choices, until Jonas is given an opportunity that will change his world forever.

Harmony
Rita Murphy
978-0-440-22923-0

Power is coursing through Harmony—the power to affect the universe with her energy. This is a frightening gift for a girl who has always hated being different, and Harmony must decide whether to hide her abilities or embrace the consequences—good and bad—of her full strength.

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The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition of this work as follows:

Lockhart, E.
The boyfriend list : (15 guys, 11 shrink appointments,
4 ceramic frogs and me, Ruby Oliver) / E. Lockhart.
p. cm.
Summary: A Seattle fifteen-year-old explains some of the reasons for her recent
panic attacks, including breaking up with her boyfriend, losing all her girlfriends,
tensions between her performance-artist mother and her father, and more.
[1. Interpersonal relations—Fiction. 2. Dating (Social customs)—Fiction.     
3. High schools—Fiction. 4. Schools—Fiction. 5. Friendship—Fiction.
6. Seattle (Wash.)—Fiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.L79757Bo 2005
[Fic]—dc22           
2004006691

eISBN: 978-0-307-51480-6

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