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225 pp.
| Bloomsbury
| November, 2007
|
TradeISBN 978-1-59990-050-6$16.95
(3)
YA
New Yorkers Salah and Sam meet Londoners Octavia and Rosie on a school trip to Egypt. The story is told though their alternating voices, and their ensuing experiences with friendship and love are rife with Shakespearean complications. Readers may not relate to the wealthy, gorgeous protagonists, no matter how misunderstood they claim to be, but the book provides good escapist fun.
246 pp.
| Bloomsbury
| October, 2006
|
TradeISBN 1-58234-852-9$16.95
(4)
YA
Calypso Chronicles series.
Calypso has never been happier: she's made the national fencing team, has many friends at her posh British boarding school, and her parents are back together. So when her boyfriend dumps her, she first plummets into the depths of despair then plots to win him back. Fans of the series are sure to enjoy the melodramatics.
296 pp.
| Bloomsbury
| June, 2005
|
TradeISBN 1-58234-992-4$16.95
(4)
YA
Calypso Chronicles series.
In her second book, Calypso is back at her posh English boarding school and is horrified to find herself rooming with Honey (who exposed her to the paparazzi in Pulling Princes). Additionally, she can't understand why her boyfriend hasn't been texting her, and she feels pushed aside by her friends. Though predictable, the setting and characters are sure to attract readers.
223 pp.
| Bloomsbury
| October, 2004
|
TradeISBN 1-58234-957-6$16.95
(4)
YA
Calypso Chronicles series.
Fourteen-year-old Calypso, daughter of Hollywood screenwriters, attends an all-girls boarding school in England where she is ostracized for her lack of title and money. By convincing others that she has "pulled" (made out with) a really hot guy (her mom's gay assistant), she is accepted and begins to enjoy school. Fans of the genre will have fun despite the flat characters and setting.