Anna and the French Kiss

By Stephanie Perkins
(YA F Perk)
372 pages 2010 Chick Lit

Anna is devastated when her father sends her to a boarding school in Paris for senior year, forcing her to leave her friends, home, and would-be boyfriend. However, it isn’t long before the magic of the city and new friends, including the alluring St. Clair, have her opening her eyes to new ways of life. But Paris comes with complications - as Anna’s friendship with St. Clair grows, so does her desire for more. St. Clair is beautiful and completely unavailable, but he seems to be interested in more than friendship too. Why then, won’t he make a move? Romance and hilarity ensue. (Grades 9 & up)

Reviewed by Teen Librarian Sara H.

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Thunder Over Kandahar

By Sharon E. McKay
(YA F Mcka)
260 pages 2010 Realistic Fiction (CV only)

When the Taliban targets Yasmine’s Western-educated family, they decide to return to England but not before her parents are gravely injured and airlifted to a UN base in Kandahar. Scared and alone, Yasmine turns to her fourteen-year-old friend Tamanna who faces an arranged marriage. The two unaccompanied teens flee into the mountains towards the safety of Kandahar avoiding land mines and a suicide bomber. Yasmine’s decision to help the battered Tamanna by secretly switching places with her puts her back in harm’s way, alone and trying to stay alive. (Grades 7 & up)

Reviewed by Teen Librarian Elaine D.

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Prom and Prejudice

By Elizabeth Eulberg
(YA F Eulb)
231 pages 2011 Realistic Fiction

Lizzie, a scholarship student from Hoboken, attends Longbourn Academy, a posh Connecticut boarding school where her classmates are rich, rude and hostile. She meets the smug Will and takes an instant dislike to him, but puts up with him to appease her roommate Jane who likes Darcy’s best friend. Prejudiced against the upper crust, Lizzie realizes almost too late that Will’s intentions are honorable, and Wick, the handsome townie she thought she liked, is really a scoundrel. This retelling of Jane Austen’s classic tale of love and class is like a good cup of hot chocolate—sweet with the right amount of fluff. (Grades 8 & up)

Reviewed by Teen Librarian Kay G.

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The Ghosts of Ashbury High

By Jaclyn Moriarty
(YA F Mori)
480 pages 2010 Realistic Fiction

Told in multiple formats using letters, journals, exam essays and transcripts, it is senior year at Ashbury. Readers will recognize familiar characters from previous novels, facing multiple issues and testing longtime friendships. Riley fears he’s losing the mysterious brooding Amelia who’s been his girlfriend since the age of fourteen. Storyline twists captivate the reader as does figuring out the true identities of this mysterious couple. (Grades 7 & up)

Reviewed by Teen Librarian Elaine D.
 
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