Sweet Valley Confidential

Sweet Valley Confidential: Ten Years Later, by Francine Pascal. It was so different from being with Todd; even now it felt like a strange and disloyal thought but true. She tried to think of exactly how it was different. Yes, she and Todd had been together a fairly long time,...

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Attachments

Attachments, by Rainbow Rowell. "Do those papers mean that you're going back to school?" "Not immediately." The fall semester had already started." "I don't know how I feel about that, Lincoln. I'm starting to think you might have a problem. With school." .... "You know what I mean, she said. She wagged a dirty spoon at him. "A problem. Like those...

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Starcrossed

Starcrossed, by Josephine Angelini. Helen ran the charm of her necklace along its chain, and held it out for Castor and Cassandra to look at. "This is all I got from her. A piece of jewelry. Does it mean anything to you?" she asked intensely. A part of her had always hoped that her necklace was important - that maybe someday it would answer all her...

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The Berlin Boxing Club

The Berlin Boxing Club, by Robert Sharenow. On other days I trained at the club just like the other fighters. Being the only "junior" member under eighteen years old, at first I was a novelty. Whenever I walked in, the others would laugh and make comments, mostly about my skinny physique. Worjyk had taken to calling me Knochen, or Bones, not the most...

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Pictures of You

Pictures of You, by Caroline Leavitt. She tried to heal. She went to three therapists in three months, but as soon as she walked into their offices, she wanted to leave again. One doctor peppered her with questions, another told her to get over it in a kind of tough-love therapy, and none of it mattered. She left each office feeling as terrible as...

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