Fiore, Kelly

"Pretty, popular Marijke Monti and over-achieving nerd-girl Lily Spencer have little in common--except that neither feels successful when it comes to love. Now they have a budding friendship and a plan--to act out grand gestures and get the guys of their dreams"--.

Marijke has a boyfriend, but he has never said he loves her. Lily, over-achieving and nerdy in the extreme, has never had a boyfriend. Meeting one night at a showing of "Titanic," the two girls become friends and decide to try something--recreate scenes from movies in order to convince boys to fall in love with them.

While attending a New Hampshire culinary academy, North Carolina high schooler Nora suspects someone of sabotaging the academy's televised cooking competition.