Yours Truly, Lucy B. Parker: Girl vs. Superstar

Yours Truly, Lucy B. Parker: Girl vs. Superstar
Author: Robin Palmer
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 152
Release: 2010-04-20
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1101537086

Sixth grade is hard enough for Lucy B. Parker, but it gets so much worse when her mom announces that she’s going to marry Laurel Moses’s dad. Yes, that Laurel Moses—the TV-movie-music star who makes Hannah Montana look like some random kid from the sticks. Suddenly, Lucy’s life is turned upside down and sideways. All Lucy wants to do is get through the day without totally embarrassing herself too much, but that’s hard to do when you’re the less-pretty, less-talented not-quite sister of a mega superstar.

Girl Vs. Superstar

Girl Vs. Superstar
Author: Robin Palmer
Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
Total Pages: 215
Release: 2010
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780399254895

When her two best friends dump her at the beginning of sixth grade, Lucy thinks that her life cannot get any worse, but then she discovers that she is about to get a new stepsister, spoiled television and music star Laurel Moses.

Geek Charming

Geek Charming
Author: Robin Palmer
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2009-02-05
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 9780142411223

The ideal L.A. fairy tale for fans of Once Upon a Time and L.A. Candy! Inspiration for the Disney Channel TV movie, Geek Charming! Dylan Shoenfield is the princess of L.A.'s posh Castle Heights High. She has the coolest boyfriend, the most popular friends, and a brand-new 'it' bag that everyone covets. But when she accidentally tosses her bag into a fountain, this princess comes face-to-face with her own personal frog: self professed film geek Josh Rosen. In return for rescuing Dylan's bag, Josh convinces Dylan to let him film her for his documentary on high school popularity. Reluctantly, Dylan lets F-list Josh into her A-list world, and is shocked to realize that sometimes nerds can be pretty cool. But when Dylan's so-called prince charming of a boyfriend dumps her flat, her life--and her social status--comes to a crashing halt. Can Dylan--with Josh's help--pull the pieces together to create her own happily-ever-after?

Somebody To Love

Somebody To Love
Author: Kristan Higgins
Publisher: HQN Books
Total Pages: 430
Release: 2012-04-24
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0373776586

Parker Welles, a single mother whose family has just lost everything, finds love in an unexpected place when she travels to Maine to sell her lone possession, a decrepit house in need of repair.

Prizefighter en Mi Casa

Prizefighter en Mi Casa
Author: e.E. Charlton-Trujillo
Publisher: Yearling
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2007-12-11
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0375890947

Twelve-year-old Chula Sanchez isn’t thin, isn’t beautiful, and because she’s Mexican, isn’t popular in her south Texas town. And now that a car accident has left her father paralyzed and her plagued with seizures, she is poor. But Chula’s father is determined to pull his family out of debt. He sends for El Jefe—the most revered prizefighter in Mexico. Chula’s father hopes that with steel-pipe arms and fists like pit bulls, El Jefe will win the local illegal boxing matches and bring home much-needed money. But El Jefe—a man who many see as a monster—only brings confusion to a home that is already filled with problems. And now Chula must decide for herself whether good and bad can reside in one person and whether you can have strength in your heart when your fists have none.

Elmer and the Dragon

Elmer and the Dragon
Author: Ruth Stiles Gannett
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 94
Release: 1987-11-12
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0394890493

A stand-alone sequel to My Father's Dragon, in which Elmer Elevator and the flying baby dragon help the king of the canaries find treasure.

Take My Advice!

Take My Advice!
Author: Robin Palmer
Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: Advice columnists
ISBN: 9780399256981

Lucy unexpectedly assumes the duties of the school advice columnist and offers up her best recommendations in the weeks leading up to the Sadie Hawkins dance.

Vote for Me!

Vote for Me!
Author: Robin Palmer
Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2011
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780399256295

Lucy tries to maintain her identity while running for class president, and deal with feeling neglected by her father and his pregnant girlfriend, especially when they plan to hold the baby shower on the same week as the election.

Little Miss Red

Little Miss Red
Author: Robin Palmer
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2010-02-09
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1101651105

The ideal L.A. fairy tale for fans of Once Upon a Time and L.A. Candy, from the author of Geek Charming. Sophie Greene gets good grades, does the right thing, and has a boyfriend that her parents— and her younger brother—just love. (Too bad she doesn’t love him.) Sophie dreams of being more like Devon Deveraux, star of her favorite romance novels, but, in reality, Sophie isn’t even daring enough to change her nail polish. All of that changes when Sophie goes to Florida to visit her grandma Roz, and she finds herself seated next to a wolfishly goodlooking guy on the plane. The two hit it off, and before she knows it, Sophie’s living on the edge. But is the drama all it’s cracked up to be? Watch a Video

My Best Frenemy

My Best Frenemy
Author: Julie Bowe
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 126
Release: 2010-05-13
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 110142947X

Ida May finally fits in at school after becoming best friends with Stacey Merriweather, who is universally liked by their classmates. But then Ida?s frenemy, bossy Jenna Drews, brings in a game of truth or dare, and all the girls are suddenly daring one another to misbehave. When Ida finds herself in the principal?s office, she?s scared into ratting out her friends and gets freezed out of the group. The only way she can fix things is to take a triple-dog dare: letting one of the girls pierce her ears. Will her BFF come to her rescue, or is this the perfect job for a frenemy? Packed with fourth-grade jealousies, problems, misbehavior, and consequences, this third book about Ida May stands on its own.