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Death by Bikini.
Puffin, 2008
A beach read with a
bang! Death by Bikini is a fun, sexy, murder-mystery-romance
for teen sleuths and romance readers!
Aphra Behn Connolly has the type of life most teenage girls envy. She
lives on a remote tropical island and spends most of her time
eavesdropping on the rich and famous. The problem is that her family’s
secluded luxury resort allows few opportunities for her to make
friends—much less to meet cute boys. So when a smoldering Seth Mulo
turns up with his parents, she’s immediately drawn to him. Sure, he’s
a little bit guarded, and sure his parents are rather cold, and okay
he won’t say a word about his past, but their chemistry is undeniable.
Then a famous rock star’s girlfriend turns up dead on the
beach—strangled by her own bikini top—and alarm bells sound. What
exactly are Seth and his family hiding? And is it too great a
coincidence that they turned up just one day before a murder? As Aphra
digs into the mystery, she discovers that Seth and his family are in
hiding from a dangerous terrorist organization. And, what’s more, her
mother—whom she hadn’t heard from in years—might be involved. As the
plot thickens, Aphra finds that danger lurks behind even the most
unexpected of faces. . . .
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Death by Latte. Puffin,
2008
Hoping to reconnect to her mom, Aphra lies to her dad and heads to
Seattle– uninvited. She can’t understand why her mom isn’t happy to
see her …until she discovers she has stumbled into the middle of a
deep-cover CIA operation. An agent is murdered. An old enemy
resurfaces. A friend is betrayed. And that’s just the beginning…
Watch for book three in the series… DEATH BY DENIM,
Winter 09!
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A New Dawn: Your
Favorite Authors on Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Series. 2008
Is Edward a romantic or a (really hot) sociopath?
How is the Twilight series just like one of Shakespeare's tragedies?
Who would you rather date: the guy who thirsts for your blood, or the
guy who drinks out of the toilet?
You can't read Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series without wanting
more--more romance, more suspense, just more of Bella, Edward, Jacob,
and the rest of Forks, Washington. You aren't alone.
Join some of your favorite writers as they look at the series with
fresh eyes, and fall in love with Bella and Edward, and their world,
all over again.
Find out:
- How the literary vampire went from
horror show to heartthrob
- Other Native American wolf myths,
and how the Quileute werewolves compare
- What Bella and Edward's romance has
to say about free will
- Why vampires and werewolves really
shouldn't date, and what that has to do with Edward's insistence
that Bella go to prom
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Contributor to The World of the
Golden Compass: The Otherworldly Ride Continues.
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S.A.S.S.—The
Finnish Line. S.A.S.S. - Students Across
the Seven Seas.
Puffin, September 2007.
When Nordic ski jumper Maureen ‘Mo’
Clark sets off to study abroad in Finland, her goal is simple; to jump
in the famous Lahti Ski Games and prove to her family and friends what
she’s made of. But simple turns complicated when her grades start to
slip, her jumps don’t measure up, and a good-looking gypsy-blood
teammate offers his assistance – for a price. Amid the saunas and snow
castles, the ice swimming and Northern lights, Mo discovers strength
inside herself – her own Finnish sisu – that she never knew
existed.
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Now and Zen: S.A.S.S. - Students Across
the Seven Seas.
Puffin, 2006. Nori Tanaka
is thrilled to be studying abroad in Tokyo, Japan, but it isn’t exactly
what she had imagined. She expected tranquil gardens and swoopy-roofed
houses, not concrete and neon. And everyone assumes that, with her
traditional Japanese features, she’s a native instead of the naïve
Japanese-American that she really is. Even Erik, a gorgeous German
student, mistakes Nori for Japanese, and treats her like a personal tour
guide. Nori is sure that he’ll like her for who she is once he gets to
know her, so what harm can come of temporarily pretending to be Japanese?
It doesn’t take long to realize that she has a lot to learn about Japan,
and about herself, before she can pass for a native. But after exploring
the karaoke clubs in Tokyo, the peaceful temples in Kyoto, and the
tranquil heights of Mt. Fuji, Nori knows she has a good chance of finding
the hidden Japanese spirit and Zen mindset within herself.
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