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Second Entry in the Diamond Estates Series
Join embittered sixteen-year-old Carmen Castillo on her journey to hope and healing as she leaves her hurtful world behind and moves into Diamond Estates, a home for troubled teens in The Embittered Ruby—releasing April 2012.
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Fabulous Fiction for Teen Girls
Sixteen-year-old Addison Blakely has tirelessly played the role of preacher’s kid—but she isn’t so sure she wants to be the good girl anymore. Addison Blakely: Confessions of a PK, the first young adult novel from Betsy St. Amant, takes you inside the life of Addison Blakely as she attempts to separate love from lust, facts from faith, and keep her head above water in her murky, fishbowl existence. Available in January 2012 from Barbour Publishing, Addison Blakely: Confessions of a PK is a real-life, culturally relevant story.
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Book Beginnings on Friday: December 2, 2011
How to participate: Share the first line (or two) of the book you are currently reading on your blog or in the comments. Include the title and the author so we know what you’re reading. Then, if you would like, let us know what your first impressions were based on that first line, and let us know if you liked or did not like the sentence. The link-up will be at A Few More Pages every Friday and will be open for the entire week. Thanks to Becky at Page Turners for starting this meme and to Rose City Reader for inspiring it! To add a little bit more interest……
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Perfectly Invisible by Kristin Billerbeck
Perfectly Invisible by Kristin Billerbeck Universally Misunderstood, #2 Genre: Christian Teen Fiction Pages: 272 Trade Paperback Date Published: July 2011 Publisher: Revell Books Life after high school is so close . . . and yet so very far away. It’s Daisy Crispin’s final semester of high school, and she plans to make it count. Her long-awaited freedom is mere months away, and her big plans for college loom in the future. Everything is under control. Or is it? Her boyfriend is treating her like she’s invisible, and her best friend is making her sell bad costume jewelry in the school quad–and hanging out with her boyfriend. To top it off,…
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Never Been Kissed by Melody Carlson
Summer is ending, and for once that doesn't seem like such a bad thing to Elise. She's hoping that starting fresh at a new high school will turn her first-kiss prospects around. New guys, new friends, and a new lease on life. What she wasn't counting on was all the new pressure--to hang with the right crowd, wear the right clothes, and date the right guy. Just when it seems she's on top of the world, everything comes crashing down. Could one bad choice derail her future?
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GIVEAWAY & Interview with Teen Talk Radio Nicole O’Dell
Wow! What a great resource in Teen Talk Radio. Thanks to Brillhart Publicity and Nicole O'Dell one reader of Creative Madness Mama will win a two signed copies of the Scenarios: Interactive Fiction for Girls books (winner's choice).
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Guest Post from The Aristobrats Author Jennifer Solow
Unexpected Turbulence I had been running an advertising agency in San Francisco. In fact, I had had a successful career in advertising for twenty years – my career was at its highpoint both in terms of income and accomplishment (and stress). So much stress in fact that I was like a rubber band about to pop at any moment. As a result of all that pent up anxiety, I had struggled for many years with a major fear of flying: turbulence, to be specific. I had tried therapy, self-hypnosis, biofeedback training, meditation, anti-anxiety meds,everything – and FINALLY, after years of struggling, I went to the Fear of Flying course at…
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Teen Study Bible
As an on-the-go teen, you’re moving fast. God is moving faster! The Teen Study Bible will help you keep in step with all he has done, is doing, and will do in the world—and in your life. Totally revised, this best-selling Bible will help you discover the eternal truths of God’s Word and apply them to the issues you face today
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Premiere: On the Runway by Melody Carlson
A recipe for success or a design for disaster?Although they're sisters, Paige and Erin Forrester are like oil and water, night and day, denim and silk. Paige is an outgoing fashionista who loves to be the center of attention, while Erin is more comfortable sporting vintage garb and recording the action around her. When a near disaster turns into the opportunity of a lifetime, these two very-different sisters are given the chance to star in their own fashion-TV show. A guest spot on a hot teen-reality series and their first big red-carpet assignment give this unlikely partnership plenty of room for success---and even more for failure.
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Final Touch by Brandilyn & Amberly Collins
The day Shaley O'Conner has dreamed of all her life is shattered by a nightmare.On a lavish estate in California guarded from the media, Shaley's mom,...more The day Shaley O'Conner has dreamed of all her life is shattered by a nightmare.On a lavish estate in California guarded from the media, Shaley's mom, rock star Rayne O'Connor, is marrying her teen sweetheart and Shaley's father, Gary Donovon. It's a dream come true for Shaley, who has always longed for the father she never knew.But minutes before the wedding, Shaley is kidnapped. Who is this man who has taken her---and why? As Rayne and Gary race against time to find their daughter,…
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Boyfriends, Burritos & and Ocean of Trouble by Nancy Rue
Boyfriends, Burritos & an Ocean of Trouble (Real Life) by Nancy Rue Genre: Christian Teen Fiction Pages: 208 Trade Paperback Date Published: April 20, 2010 Publisher: Zondervan Publishers Bryn’s life has been falling apart for a long time, and when it’s discovered her boyfriend has been abusing her, the final threads come undone. Through the help of her surfing teacher grandma, a few new friends, and a beat-up book she finds in the airport, Bryn begins to piece her life back together. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Nancy Rue has written over 100 books for girls, is the editor of the Faithgirlz Bible, and is a popular speaker and radio guest with…