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Some secrets are just too good to keep to yourselfThis title marks a whole year since Cat, Sonja, Ollie, Matt, Kerry, Maya, Anna and Joe first began to share their secrets with us. And what better way to celebrate than with a wedding?Joe's Best Man at his dad's wedding -- but could lurve be lurking on the guest list for him?Ollie and Sonja seem to be hiding something from Kerry...Matt and Anna are exploring their new, improved friendship...Maya is discovering the delights and pitfalls of a relationship with an older man, and Cat's giving her new boyfriend the usual treatment...Don't miss this, the most snoggable Sugar Secrets title yet! Views: 66
From School Library JournalGr 8 Up-This could be the Go Ask Alice (Avon, 1976) of this millennium. In a journal written for an English assignment, 10th-grade Leslie is completely honest; after all, Ms. Graham has promised never to read her students' work and to keep it in a locked cabinet. The language of this often irritating, often heartbreakingly naive young girl is right on target. Her life could be straight off the WB network; she has a single mom whom she loves but can't communicate with; a dad who recently moved in with his girlfriend; and a wild older boyfriend with whom she is totally obsessed. Fortunately, she has Katie, a steadfast friend who listens to her and believes in her. The relationship with Jason goes bad early on; he gets her drunk, rapes her, and takes Polaroid pictures of her. He is every parents' nightmare: insufferably polite up-front and rich enough to buy his way out of trouble. His behavior becomes increasingly abusive. When Leslie tries to break up with him, he stalks and threatens her. A new English teacher reads the diary and brings it to the attention of the principal, who takes Jason's side. Leslie fears for her life and runs away. This cautionary tale is not easy to read; few of the characters are likable. Most of the adults seem beset with their own personal problems. However, Leslie's voice demands to be heard and readers may learn to avoid her pitfalls. Gripping reading for a mature audience.-Marilyn Payne Phillips, University City Public Library, MOCopyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.Review[Review of earlier edition:] This book will cause any parent of young daughters to lose sleep. (Marvin Hoffman Houston Chronicle 20010201)[Review of earlier edition:] Stratton captures the rhythms of teen speech, and the subject matter is treated subtly enough. (Horn Book Guide )[Review of earlier edition:] This could be the 'Go Ask Alice' of this millennium... Gripping reading for a mature audience. (Marilyn Payne Phillips School Library Journal )[Review of earlier edition:] An appealing protagonist ... her problems are real ... her emotions ring true. (Judy Sasges VOYA [Voice of Youth Advocates] ) Views: 66
For novel upon novel, Slippery Jim DiGriz—the Stainless Steel Rat—has outfoxed the forces of conventionality, cutting a stylish swathe through dozens of star systems. Now, Slippery Jim and his beautiful wife, Angelina, find themselves becalmed on a painfully boring backwater planet, with nothing to do but practice their skills at computer crime. Then they meet a billionaire who claims to be 40,000 years old… who offers them millions of credits to investigate a string of unsolved interstellar bank robberies. Robberies which, it turns out, always happen when the circus is nearby… In a sense, the Stainless Steel Rat has always been a high-wire performer. Now, as he infiltrates the world of the galactic big top, he’s taking the role to extremes… and drawing the attention of more dangerous ringmasters and strongmen than he ever expected. Will this be his final show? Has Slippery Jim finally leapt for his last trapeze? Naah. Views: 66
Portsmouth is a city on the ropes, a poor, dirty but spirited city, with
a soaring crime rate. And it is home for DI Joe Faraday. Faraday has
made it in the CID through diligence, an unswerving commitment to
principle and an uncanny knack for gauging character. Slow to make
friends, a widower bringing up his profoundly deaf son, Faraday pushes
himself hard and expects the same from his colleagues. Stories abound of
the quiet DI's sudden, volcanic outbursts of fury directed at inferiors
and superiors alike who haven't matched his own exacting standards. An
enigma to those he works with, Faraday's refuge from the desperate
business of policing his hometown is his passion for the natural world
and the bird life that teems on the beaches and estuaries of the South
coast. And now the sinking of one of the yachts in the Fastnet race is
beginning to look like the perfect cover for a murder that cuts to the
core of Portsmouth's money set. But only Joe Faraday believes it
happened. Views: 66
From Lynn Kurland, the New York Times bestselling author of the Nine Kingdom series. Set near the Scottish border at a rugged castle on the edge of the sea, this is the story of a courageous lord who lost everything he held dear. Of a strong young woman willing to sacrifice everything for happiness. Two lost souls who find in each other a reason to live again, to laugh again, and to love for the first time... Views: 66
U.S. Army Captain Charles Riker had been ordered to march his company of social misfits and raw recruits deep into Sioux territory. It was a land of heat and blistering winds where daydreaming could separate a man from his scalplock, and when Indian patrols spot the bluecoated interlopers they set upon the troopers with burning powder and hot lead.Riker and his struggling command turn back—only to find their retreat to the main body of troops has been cut off by the avenging Sioux.Outnumbered hundreds-to-one in a Montana wilderness where good men could be living one moment and dying the next, Riker must lead his band across long miles of open country to the nearest army post at Tongue River. But between them and the fort ride fierce warriors aiming to add bluecoat scalps to the ones already hanging on the tribal lodge poles. Short on rations and ammunition, but long on determination and guts, Riker's column begins its hell trek to freedom while hundreds of Plains Indians close in... Views: 66
