First, falling for a cute and popular guy. Then, he's getting closer to you, joining the theather club and you get to have romantic scenes with. One problem, Maggie can't sing. She asks Nico for help, Nico is a quiet and punk stylish guy, but agrees to help her with her singing. As time pass by N...
At First SightThis novel was the kind of romance where you would find love at first sight (from the title it self). Lauren finds herself at a planetarium for a field trip, she never believed in love, boys, opposite from her best friend Britt who sleeps with them and hooks up with most of them. Wh...
The first time I read this book, I was probably just starting high school. Now I'm well into college and I figured it was high time I gave this rom com another try. I don't remember loving it after my first read and that's mostly because younger me spent 90% of the book pissed off at the MC for g...
I really loved both stories! And the one thing that the guys have in common for both stories is that they never forget their frst love. No matter how long, it's still there. That spark that everyone is saying about. I really love how Nick wanted Hayden back badly and how he confessed that he shou...
Gag me. Another ginormous-eyed white princess story by Disney? As if that's not enough, the girl she worries is the "better princess" is blonde, the children of color are all exoticized in "traditional clothing", and there's no greater conflict in this new princess' heart than that she might ma...
I'm at the end of my rope! Like getting shipwrecked and surviving a hurricane weren't bad enough! Now I've got to support my sort of boyfriend's plan to get off this island, even though I think his idea's kinda lame. But with everything going so well between us, I don't want to rock the boat...e...
“Are you okay?” Lolli asked. “Even though Ace and Pepper didn’t get along?” “I’m fine,” Janey said. “Anyway, it’s not hopeless, right? Maybe we should try again on a less busy day. The two of them might get along better then.” Lolli looked uncertain. “Maybe,” she said. “But I’m still not sure Mrs...
After that she and her father made a big pot of gumbo for lunch, and then Nina played with the cats for a while. Finally, though, she knew she couldn’t put it off any longer—it was time to check in with the Pony Post and let them know what had happened. &...
bucking: When a horse lowers its head and kicks out or up with both hind legs. This movement is harmless horseplay when performed at liberty in the pasture but can unseat a rider when performed under saddle. paddock: A fenced enclosure for horses. In the US the term “paddock” is usually used for ...
I’M WIDE OPEN!” A kid named Jack hollered, dancing back and forth on the spongy, well-irrigated grass of the high school soccer field. Maddie dribbled the soccer ball between her feet, keeping an eye on the boy hovering to her right. But she forgot about the girl on her left. When she tried to pa...
I bounded for the doors as the R5 eased in alongside the platform at 30th Street Station. “Come on!” “Slow down, Ava.” Teresa swayed gracefully down the aisle of the moving train, clinging to the seat backs as she went. “They do actually slow the train down to let us off, you know. Sometimes they...
“The what club?” she said. “Oh, but never mind—I don’t want to bother you kids with our problems.” Her husband smiled at Janey and the others. “Yes, we’ll work it out.” “No, really!” Zach said. “We have a club that helps pets find new homes and stuff.” “They really do,” Dr. Goldman said with a no...
She sat up, rubbing her eyes, and glanced around. The other beds were empty—Paige’s neatly made, Livi’s a complete mess, and Hannah’s somewhere in between. Brooke checked her watch and saw that she was late for breakfast. “Thanks for waking me, guys,” she muttered as she climbed out of bed. She d...
The busy waves grabbed at her legs, soaking the hem of her shorts. Coral and Sealily waved, then dove beneath the surface. Seconds later they appeared closer to shore. The waves picked them up and carried them along. “You came back!” Lindy cried when they reached her. “Hi, Finneus,” she added whe...
1. riding the snowboard with your right foot forward, unlike most people 2. Hayden, trying to act sophisticated As I’ve said, Nick was no stranger to the health club. I’d whiled away many a shift behind the front desk, watching his love/hate relationship with the abdominal machine unfold on the s...
And no wonder. I was dressed as a reindeer—hind end only. I’d hitched up the extra fabric of the costume with Dad’s Christmas suspenders, which were decorated with little wreaths. The Ball was in full swing. At one end of the hall, a live band dressed as elves was playing a rousing version of “De...
HALEY SHOUTED AS she rushed through the front door, barely pausing to toss her jacket in the general direction of the closet. She was already mentally adding up the minutes and seconds it would take to tack up Wings, ride out to the cross-country field and school him over a few jumps, cool him ou...
Behind her in the barn aisle a chicken squawked loudly, and Wings lifted his head and stepped to the door, dribbling grain over Haley’s arm as he stared out. Haley frowned, glancing from Wings to the grain raining down onto the floor, and back again. “Hey,” she said. “I just realized you haven’t ...
Lolli said as the girls turned the corner onto Zach’s block. Janey saw him, too. Zach was in front of his house. He was messing around with his skateboard, trying to get it to jump over a big crack in the sidewalk. “Hi,” Janey said, hurrying up to him. “What are you doing?” “Learning Chinese,” Za...
She’d had soccer practice after school, and Coach Wu had kept them hustling the whole time. Maddie hadn’t even had a spare moment to eat the granola bar she’d brought as a snack. She hadn’t eaten it on the way home, either, since she’d caught a ride with one of the other players’ mothers, and the...