When sixteen-year-old Mallory learns that her boyfriend, Jeremy, is cheating on her with his cyber "wife," she rebels against technology by following her grandmother's list of goals from 1962, with help from her younger sister, Ginnie.
Three New York high school students try to sort out their emotions as they deal with relationships, crushes, their families, and planning for the future.
yes, that means you! Learn to train your grown-up!
Smith, Jenny
2012
Thirteen-year-old Katie Sutton, a self-proclaimed expert on grown-up behavior, begins writing a user's manual to help other teens train and operate their parents, but when her own mother starts dating Yellow Tie Man, Katie needs all of her expertise to get rid of him.
Sixteen-year-old London Lane forgets everything each night and must use notes to struggle through the day, even to recall her wonderful boyfriend, but she "remembers" future events and as her "flashforwards" become more disturbing she realizes she must learn more about the past lest it destroy her future.
After having accidentally come across the eighteenth-century "Portrait of a Young Lady", Violet embarks on a trip to Italy hoping to discover her own past and why the girl in the portrait is her own mirror image. In her quest she discovers long buried family secrets, mysterious Italian paintings, an old castle on the hill, and a danger that is lurking just around the corner.
When beautiful high school student Lexi is involved in an automobile accident that leaves her disfigured, she must learn who she really is beyond a pretty face, and she must also learn to forgive.
Not allowed to eat from sunrise to sunset during Ramadan and forbidden to date, fifteen-year-old Almira finds that temptation comes in many forms during the Muslim holy month, as she longs to feel like a typical American girl.
When Hailey Kendrick decides to break the rules for a change, she becomes a partner in crime with an unexpected partner who leaves her to take the fall alone and her formerly perfect life spirals downward.
Giovanna rashly breaks up with her boyfriend, Jesse, when he refuses to help her twin brother with his campaign for Student Council president, and fixing her mistake may be more difficult for her than she realizes.
Natalie's mother, a veterinarian with a dogs-only practice, has the sixteen-year-old on such a short leash that, when the teenaged son of her old school friend comes to stay with them for the summer, Natalie is tempted to break her mother's rules and follow her own instincts for a change.
