The Fortunes of Indigo Skye

The Fortunes of Indigo Skye
Author: Deb Caletti
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 323
Release: 2009-04-07
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1439164126

Eighteen-year-old waitress Indigo Skye’s life is upended when a mysterious man leaves her a multi-million-dollar tip in this funny and moving novel by Printz Honor medal winner and National Book Award finalist Deb Caletti. I suddenly see where I’m standing, and that’s at the edge of change—really, really big change. Eighteen-year-old Indigo Skye feels like she has it all—a waitress job she loves, an adorable refrigerator-delivery-guy boyfriend, and a home life that’s slightly overwhelming but rich in love. Until a mysterious man at the restaurant leaves her a 2.5 million-dollar tip, and her life as she knew it is transformed. At first it’s amazing: a hot new car, enormous flat-screen TV, and presents for everyone she cares about. She laughs off the warnings that money changes people, that they come to rely on what they have instead of who they are. Because it won’t happen…not to her. Or will it? What do you do when you can buy anything your heart desires—but what your heart desires can’t be bought? This is the story of a girl who gets rich, gets lost, and ultimately finds her way back—if not to where she started, then to where she can start again.

The Fortunes of Indigo Skye

The Fortunes of Indigo Skye
Author: Deb Caletti
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 323
Release: 2009-04-07
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1416910085

Indigo wants to becoming a full-time waitress after high school graduation, but her life is turned upside down by a large check given to her by a customer who appreciates that she cares enough to scold him about smoking.

The Six Rules of Maybe

The Six Rules of Maybe
Author: Deb Caletti
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2010-03-16
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 141698545X

Scarlet considers herself someone who fixes other people’s problems…until she becomes one when she falls in love with her sister’s husband in this beautiful young adult novel about love and family from National Book Award finalist and Printz Honor medal winner Deb Caletti. Scarlet spends most of her time worrying about other people. Some are her friends, others are practically strangers, and then there are the ones no else even notices. Trying to fix their lives comes naturally to her. And pushing her own needs to the side is part of the deal. So when her older sister comes home unexpectedly married and pregnant, Scarlet has a new person to worry about. But all of her good intentions are shattered when the unthinkable happens: she falls for her sister’s husband. For the first time in a long time, Scarlet’s not fixing a problem, she’s at the center of one. And ignoring her feelings doesn’t seem to be an option…

Radical Reads 2

Radical Reads 2
Author: Joni Richards Bodart
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Total Pages: 506
Release: 2009-11-25
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0810869098

Radical Reads 2 picks up where the first volume left off, featuring 101 radical young adult books that have come out since its publication. Author Joni Richards Bodart defends their inclusion in library collections and school curricula after introducing each book with lists of characters and major themes. She also suggests a number of 'booktalk' and book report ideas, also identifying books with mature themes in her 'risks' section. Included as well is a section that lists the awards that the books have won and a section of book reviews.

Honey, Baby, Sweetheart

Honey, Baby, Sweetheart
Author: Deb Caletti
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 285
Release: 2011-08-23
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 143911546X

A summer romance headed for heartbreak turns into a mother-daughter road trip in the name of true love in this story of love, loss, and redemption from Printz Honor medal winner and National Book Award finalist Deb Caletti. It is summer in the northwest town of Nine Mile Falls, and Ruby McQueen—ordinarily dubbed The Quiet Girl—finds herself hanging out with gorgeous, rich, thrill-seeking Travis Becker. With Travis, Ruby can be someone she’s never been before: Fearless. Powerful. But Ruby is in over her head, risking more and more when she’s with him. In an effort to keep Ruby occupied and mend her own broken heart, her mother, Ann, drags Ruby to the weekly book club she runs for seniors. At first, Ruby can’t imagine a more boring way to spend an afternoon, but she is soon charmed by the women she’s spending time with. And when the group discovers one of their own members is the subject of the tragic love story they are reading, Ann and Ruby ditch their respective obsessions to spearhead a reunion between the long-ago lovers. They’re in search of a happy ending…but for who? This lyrical, multigenerational story of love, loss, and redemption speaks to everyone who has ever been in love—and lived to tell the tale.

Stay

Stay
Author: Deb Caletti
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2012-03-20
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1442403748

In a remote corner of Washington State where she and her father have gone to escape her obsessive boyfriend, Clara meets two brothers who captain a sailboat, a lighthouse keeper with a secret, and an old friend of her father who knows his secrets.

The Nature of Jade

The Nature of Jade
Author: Deb Caletti
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2007
Genre: Anxiety
ISBN: 1416910050

Seattle high school senior Jade's life is defined by her anxiety disorder and dysfunctional family, until she spies a mysterious boy with a baby who seems to share her fascination with the elephants at a nearby zoo.

Girl Parts

Girl Parts
Author: John Cusick
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Total Pages: 229
Release: 2010-08-10
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0763649309

The lives of David, wealthy and popular but still lonely, and Charlie, a soulful outsider, intersect when Rose, the female Companion bot David's parents buy to treat his dissociative disorder, forms a bond with Charlie.

When You Were Mine

When You Were Mine
Author: Rebecca Serle
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2013-04-02
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1442433140

In her first novel, Serle presents an intensely romantic, modern recounting of the greatest love story ever toldNnarrated by Rosaline, the girl Romeo was "supposedO to love.