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Kindle Daily Deal: Borrowed Time - March 30th, 2012

Kindle Daily Deal for March 30th, 2012

Title: Borrowed Time By CJ Lyons



About: Trauma surgeon Joshua Lightner saved Pittsburgh Police officer Kate O'Hern's life, but the ordeal of surviving a cop-killer's attack gave her an unexpected side effect: visions of other people's deaths. As a doctor, Lightner refuses to believe in "psychic mumbo-jumbo," but as a man, he can't deny his feelings for Kate.

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BORROWED TIME was the first thriller novel I wrote. In it, a Pittsburgh police officer tracks a killer targeting cops. The only problem? He's already killed her once.

Good hook, great idea with lots of possibilities. But where's the passion? Is it the idea of a cop dying, laying down her life to protect and serve others? Is it about how our society breeds and creates serial killers? Is it about returning from the dead and how that changed everything?

I chose the first. I decided this story was about a cop raised in the tradition that the best, most honorable, greatest thing you can do in this world is to be a cop and protect and serve. That was her driving force, her motivation, her reason to live.

And on page three, that's her reason to die. That's right, she's killed in the first pages.

She's resuscitated by a handsome trauma surgeon and wakes to find that not only is she physically maimed by her encounter with the killer, but she's also psychologically damaged. When she wakes, she has terrifying visions of people's deaths and so begins to think she's crazy. A belief confirmed when she learns that she actually was dead for several minutes and that she might have brain damage.

Now I've taken a character whose default action is to take action, even if it means sacrificing her own life, and what have I done? I've immobilized her, stripped her of her power, made her helpless. Even more, I've made her fear for her physical recovery while also doubting her very sanity.

Then I make things worse for her...

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Enjoy!
CJ

Language: English
# of Pages: 295
File Size: 788 KB
Published by Legacy Books; 2 edition, on November 3, 2009.

 

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Kindle Daily Deal: Sipping from the Nile - March 31st, 2012

Kindle Daily Deal for March 31st, 2012

Title: Sipping from the Nile By Jean Naggar



About: Born in Egypt to a prominent family who lived in Europe and Cairo, Jean Naggar tells the story of her protected youth in this stirring coming-of-age memoir, a poignant exploration of childhood's innocence in a world that broke apart after Egypt nationalized the Suez Canal in 1956.

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“An intimate portrait of a large, closely knit Jewish family in Egypt when that country was the cosmopolitan El Dorado of the Middle East, this loving memoir charts an idyllic secluded childhood and tender family relationships-offering a rate insight into what it was like to be Jews in Egypt at that time.” –Claudia Roden, author of The Book of Jewish Food and The New Book of Middle Eastern Food

Language: English
# of Pages: 390
File Size: 2466 KB
Published by AmazonEncore, on February 14, 2012.

 

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Kindle Daily Deal: White Witch - April 1st, 2012

Kindle Daily Deal for April 1st, 2012

Title: White Witch By Trish Milburn



About: Witchcraft. It's the family business, and no one in Jax Pherson's household survives quitting it. Escaping to the Appalachians, she strives to suppress her power and avoid a future beholden to her father's dark coven, but when Jax falls for a witch hunter, she struggles to preserve both life and love.

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"Fresh, fun, and dangerous! I can't wait for the next one!" -Sherrilyn Kenyon #1 NYT Bestselling Author of the Dark-Hunter SeriesWitchcraft Is Her Family's Business.No One Quits The Family And Lives To Tell About It."Jax" Pherson has power, enough power to know her future will end in service to the dark coven her father controls. Unless she can stay hidden in a small community in the mountains of North Carolina. She must find a way to live without magic and deny the darkness she feels welling up inside her-the same dark power that fuels the covens around the world.All she wants is a normal life. A boyfriend. Friends. Some place to belong, but all too soon Jax's barely begun new life hangs in the balance when she discovers that the boy she's attracted to is sworn to kill her kind. He's a hunter with good reason to kill everything that goes bump in the night.Even the most fleeting use of her power is tantamount to signing her death warrant and will bring both hunter and coven down on her. But can she walk away when her friends are threatened by an old evil? Something created by the magic of witches? Jax's only hope of survival is to convince the boy she loves to forget everything he's ever been taught and help her find a way to fight the covens. To believe there is some good in her.

Language: English
# of Pages: 188
File Size: 416 KB
Published by Bell Bridge Books, on February 16, 2012.

 

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Kindle Daily Deal: Swarm - April 2nd, 2012

Kindle Daily Deal for April 2nd, 2012

Title: Swarm By B. V. Larson



About: In the first book of B. V. Larson's "Star Force Series," Kyle Riggs is snatched by an alien spacecraft sometime after midnight. The ship is testing everyone it catches and murdering the weak. The good news is that Kyle keeps passing tests and staying alive. The bad news is the aliens who sent this ship are the nicest ones out there.

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Earth arms marines with alien technology and builds its first battle fleet!

Kyle Riggs is snatched by an alien spacecraft sometime after midnight. The ship is testing everyone it catches and murdering the weak. The good news is that Kyle keeps passing tests and staying alive. The bad news is the aliens who sent this ship are the nicest ones out there....

SWARM is the story of Earth's annexation by an alien empire. Long considered a primitive people on a backwater planet, humanity finds itself in the middle of a war, and faced with extinction. SWARM is an 88,000 word novel of science fiction by bestselling author B. V. Larson.

Language: English
# of Pages: 263
File Size: 857 KB
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Kindle Daily Deal: Stuck With You - April 3rd, 2012

Kindle Daily Deal for April 3rd, 2012

Title: Stuck With You By N/A



About: When tax attorney Paige Heart took on her cousin's multimillion-dollar divorce case, she didn't expect her opponent, Ross "The Snake" Bennett, to be so good, or so handsome. Regardless, Paige takes Ross to the cleaners until a love-inducing virus hits the sparring lawyers simultaneously, forcing them into a shared quarantine.

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"Trish Jensen is a one-woman laugh riot." -Sandra Hill, NY Times Bestselling Author

"Trish Jensen is the undisputed queen of comedic romance." -Kathy Boswell, The Best Reviews

Two feuding divorce lawyers. One infectious "love bug" virus. The symptoms are hard to resist . . .

Paige Hart is blessed and cursed with a large, loving and
. . .colorful Southern family. As the only lawyer in the clan, she can't say no when her cousin needs her help in a messy, no-holds-barred divorce. Tax attorney Paige squares off with Ross "the Snake" Bennett - one of the slickest divorce lawyers in the county. The case is going as well as an acrimonious, zinger-filled, wrangle of epic proportions can go until exposure to an infectious bug with an unusual side effect lands both lawyers in quarantine together.

Language: English
# of Pages: 216
File Size: 560 KB
Published by Bell Bridge Books, on January 3, 2012.

 

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Kindle Daily Deal: In Search of Lucy - April 4th, 2012

Kindle Daily Deal for April 4th, 2012

Title: In Search of Lucy By N/A



About: After years of caring for her sister and her alcoholic mother, Lucy Lang is abandoned by both. With her family gone, 30-year-old Lucy struggles to find purpose until faced with her sister's need for a kidney transplant. Will helping her sister grant Lucy the happiness that's been eluding her?

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Lucy Lang's life is spiraling out of control. For years she sacrificed her own needs to care for her half sister and alcoholic mother, only to be abandoned by both. Now, at age 30, Lucy finds herself held back by memories and regret as she struggles to find her own purpose in life. But when her sister needs a kidney transplant, Lucy is the only one who can save her life.

With the help of new friends and a man who won't give up on her, Lucy sets out on a journey to reunite with her sister and find the answers she so desperately needs. Can she get past her emotions and have a chance at happiness? With its colorful and endearing cast of characters, In Search of Lucy takes readers on a rollercoaster of emotions from sadness and heartache to happiness and hope.

Language: English
# of Pages: 309
File Size: 515 KB
Published by AmazonEncore, on February 28, 2012.

 

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Kindle Daily Deal: Ball Four - April 5th, 2012

Kindle Daily Deal for April 5th, 2012

Title: Ball Four By Jim Bouton



About: Denounced by the baseball establishment and banned by some libraries when published in 1970, Jim Bouton's classic tell-all is a funny and highly revealing insider's take on professional baseball life. His honest insights literally changed the public's image of professional athletes and helped kick off the economic revolution in sports.

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"...the new fifty pages...is extra special. It is...the most moving, the most significant part of the book." -- Dick Schaap

"...vibrant, funny...To call it simply a 'tell-all book' is like describing The Grapes of Wrath as a book about harvesting..." -- Jim Caple, sportswriter

"A great book, wildly entertaining, worth reading every two or three years." -- Rob Neyer

"The new epilogue alone is worth the price of the book." -- Frank Deford

Language: English
# of Pages: 544
File Size: 2587 KB
Published by RosettaBooks, on March 20, 2012.

 

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Kindle Daily Deal: The Westies - April 6th, 2012

Kindle Daily Deal for April 6th, 2012

Title: The Westies By T. J. English



About: In the 1970s, organized crime in New York City's Hell's Kitchen neighborhood radically changed when charismatic sociopath Jimmy Coonan took over the Irish mob. Coonan relied on the vicious enforcement of his long-time friend Mickey Featherstone, and this harrowing story chronicles their rise in a world where murder was just business.

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A decades-long saga of murder and betrayal on Manhattan’s gritty West Side





It’s men like Jimmy Coonan and Mickey Featherstone who gave Hell’s Kitchen its name. In the mid-1970s, these two long-time friends take the reins of New York’s Irish mob, using brute force to give it hitherto unthinkable power. Jimmy, a charismatic sociopath, is the leader. Mickey, whose memories of Vietnam torture him daily, is his enforcer. Together they make brutality their trademark, butchering bodies or hurling them out the window. Under their reign, Hell’s Kitchen becomes a place where death literally rains from the sky.



When Mickey goes down for a murder he didn’t commit, he suspects his friend has sold him out. He returns the favor, breaking the underworld’s code of silence and testifying against his gang in open court. From his testimony comes this incredible story of what it means to make it in a world where murder is commonplace.

Language: English
# of Pages: 416
File Size: 1046 KB
Published by MysteriousPress.com/Open Road; 1 edition, on November 15, 2011.

 

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Kindle Daily Deal: A Good and Useful Hurt - April 7th, 2012

Kindle Daily Deal for April 7th, 2012

Title: A Good and Useful Hurt By Aric Davis



About: At Mike's body-art business, loved ones are memorialized when their ashes are mixed with tattoo ink. This specialty unexpectedly provides supernatural assistance to track a killer that begins preying on Mike's customers. It's an intense journey that explores what happens when the hope of redemption collides with life's dark side.

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"Mike, who runs a tattoo shop in Michigan, doesn’t see anything wrong in granting a customer’s unusual request to give him a tattoo incorporating the ashes of his deceased son. Soon other customers are asking for the same thing, which is fine, except that his new and unique kind of body art appears to connect Mike to a serial killer, causing the lives of the people Mike cares about to be put in jeopardy. Teaming up with the shop’s new hire, a beautiful and aggressively offbeat body piercer, Mike plunges into darkness from which he might not return. This could have been a serviceable mystery yarn with a fresh setting (the world of the tattoo artist), but Davis’ highly engaging characters and accomplished prose style, combined with the story’s seriously dark tones, make it compelling reading. Highly recommendable."— David Pitt

Language: English
# of Pages: 303
File Size: 498 KB
Published by 47North, on February 21, 2012.

 

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Kindle Daily Deal: The Chicken Soup Series - April 8th, 2012

Kindle Daily Deal for April 8th, 2012

Multi-Book Deal!

The Chicken Soup Series



About: Rediscover the power of inspiration with timeless stories illuminating the best of the human spirit. Whether you're discovering the Chicken Soup series for the first time or you're a long-time fan, this diverse selection of titles will motivate you to reach your highest potential and embrace the world around you.

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Kindle Daily Deal: Rock Paper Tiger - April 9th, 2012

Kindle Daily Deal for April 9th, 2012

Title: Rock Paper Tiger By Lisa Brackmann



About: American Iraq War veteran Ellie Cooper is down-and-out in Beijing when a chance encounter with a Chinese Muslim at the home of her boyfriend, Lao Zhang, turns her life upside down. After Lao disappears, multiple security organizations hound Ellie for information and accuse her of consorting with terrorists.

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Brackmann’s debut deftly mixes modern China, the Iraq War, and online gaming, an unusual combination that manages to work. Iraq vet Ellie Cooper is making a new life for herself in Beijing, living with friends in an unsanctioned artists’ village on the outskirts of town. A chance encounter with an Uighur (Turkish ethnics living in China) sets in motion a baffling series of events in which Ellie is pursued by American and Chinese agents. Not sure whom to trust or where to turn, Ellie finds that she is able to communicate safely using a relatively unmonitored online role-playing game. Ellie’s story of her time in Iraq and the reasons she initially came to China are revealed in chapter-long flashbacks interspersed with the main story; taken together, the two narrated strands constitute a fast-paced and engaging story as both plots are full of mystery and suspense. Although the ending falls a bit flat, the tension up to that point is sustained superbly, and the characters are full-bodied and engaging. Good reading for anyone interested in the international crime novel. --Jessica Moyer

Language: English
# of Pages: 353
File Size: 638 KB
Published by Soho Press, on June 1, 2010.

 

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Kindle Daily Deal: Last Exit in New Jersey - April 10th, 2012

Kindle Daily Deal for April 10th, 2012

Title: Last Exit in New Jersey By C.E. Grundler



About: Raised around boats and semi-trucks, 20-year-old Hazel Moran can handle anything on the road or water, but the hooligans hunting for her cousin and their missing shipment may be another matter. When Hazel and her father get in the thugs' crosshairs, she knows that playing nice will only end in tears.

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Nice young ladies really shouldn't be dumping bodies at sea. Then again, that isn't stopping Hazel Moran, and she can't figure where anyone got the idea she was nice to begin with.

Raised aboard her father's aging schooner and riding shotgun in their eighteen-wheeler, she can handle almost anything on the road or water; it's her people skills that need work. Normally that isn't an issue—most people tend to leave her alone behind the wheel of a Kenworth. But when twenty-year-old Hazel and her father become the targets of some unsavory characters hunting for her missing cousin, their stolen tractor trailer, and a delivery that never arrived, she knows it's time to heed a lesson learned from her favorite hard-boiled paperbacks: playing nice will only end in tears.

It'll take all her ingenuity, not to mention some fishing tackle and high voltage, if Hazel hopes to protect her family and unravel this tangle of greed and betrayal. And anyone who gets too close, no matter the intent, will discover just how dangerous Hazel truly is as she sets in motion a twisted plan to uncover the truth, settle some scores, and not wind up dead in the process.

Gritty, offbeat, and darkly funny, Last Exit in New Jersey is a modern mystery that introduces an unforgettable new protagonist to the ranks of literature’s hard-boiled detectives.

Language: English
# of Pages: 473
File Size: 750 KB
Published by Thomas & Mercer, on March 6, 2012.

 

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Kindle Daily Deal: Dangerous Games - April 11th, 2012

Kindle Daily Deal for April 11th, 2012

Title: Dangerous Games By Michael Prescott



About: Saddled with a new partner she neither trusts nor wants, FBI agent Tess McCallum is on the trail of a twisted and deadly kidnapper known for chaining victims up in the vast storm drains of Los Angeles. This novel's breathtaking suspense and plot twists combine to deliver one irresistible read.

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...messes with your mind and makes you love it. (Publishers Weekly)

Language: English
# of Pages: 404
File Size: 540 KB
Published by E-Reads, on July 9, 2010.

 

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Kindle Daily Deal: The Food Revolution - April 12th, 2012

Kindle Daily Deal for April 12th, 2012

Title: The Food Revolution By John Robbins, Dean Ornish M.D.



About: A cornerstone of the contemporary food-politics revolution, John Robbins's book was one of the first to discuss the negative health effects of eating genetically modified foods and animal products of all kinds. He vividly exposes the dangers inherent in our factory farming system and advocates for a plant-based diet.

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John Robbins is also the author of Diet for a New America, and the widely acclaimed Reclaiming Our Health. His life and work have been featured on the PBS special, Diet for a New America. Groomed to follow in the footsteps of his father, founder of the Baskin-Robbins empire, he chose a different more authentic path for himself. He lives with his family in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Author website: www.foodrevolution.org

Language: English
# of Pages: 486
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Published by Conari Press; 1 edition, on September 15, 2010.

 

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Kindle Daily Deal: A Night to Remember - April 13th, 2012

Kindle Daily Deal for April 13th, 2012

Title: A Night to Remember By Walter Lord, Nathaniel Philbrick



About: 100 years ago today the Titanic rammed a North Atlantic iceberg and doomed 1,514 passengers to an icy death. Historian Walter Lord interviewed 63 survivors to create this gripping, moment-by-moment account. His 1955 chronicle masterfully details the ship's horrific sinking, which brought out the best and worst of human nature.

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Publicity surrounding the Academy Award- winning motion picture Titanic makes this a sure-to-circulate choice. Lord's classic time-travel tale drawn from survivors' accounts remains the best Titanic story after all these years. The analysis of the event moves from reports of pretrip hype through the ambiance of the fated last evening to first reports of trouble, loading life boats, and rescue efforts. Though the recording features no atmosphere music or sound effects, Fred Williams's reading sounds so like a news report that the immediacy engages the reader from the start. Highly recommended for all collections.ASandy Glover, West Linn P.L., OR
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Language: English
# of Pages: 208
File Size: 361 KB
Published by Open Road; 1 edition, on March 6, 2012.

 

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Kindle Daily Deal: The "33 1/3" Series - April 14th, 2012

Kindle Daily Deal for April 14th, 2012

Multi-Book Deal!

The "33 1/3" Series



About: To celebrate today's 27th Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony, we're offering some of our favorite titles from the brilliant "33 1/3" series, which explores popular music through in-depth examinations of seminal albums, from Exile on Main Street to Paul's Boutique.

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Kindle Daily Deal: Eight World Literature Titles - April 15th, 2012

Kindle Daily Deal for April 15th, 2012

Multi-Book Deal!

Eight World Literature Titles



About: From the incredible true story of a child prodigy's family torn apart by the Chinese Cultural Revolution, to a romantic thriller in which a German ballet dancer's new obsession with the tango soon turns horrific, this selection of fiction and nonfiction features vivid characters and ingenious plots set in locations that span the globe.

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Kindle Daily Deal: Arnie and Jack - April 16th, 2012

Kindle Daily Deal for April 16th, 2012

Title: Arnie and Jack By Ian O'Connor



About: This year's U.S. Open marks the 50th anniversary of Jack Nicklaus's beating Arnold Palmer to win his first major title. Ian O'Connor skillfully captures their decades-long rivalry, from clubhouse to boardroom, which transformed each into an American icon and drove golf to the great popularity it enjoys today.

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Thrillingly dramatic depictions… Comprehensive interviews humanize the two legends while contextualizing their roles in the game's history… Exemplary.
Kirkus Reviews

"Finely written, intricately researched and smartly reported." -- YahooSports.com

"Superb...Arresting." New York Post

"You can't go wrong writing or reading about those two guys, and O'Connor certainly got it right." Newsday

"Fascinating . . . A nice mix of golf history and interpersonal dynamics." Booklist, ALA

"A considerable amount of original research... Recommended." Library Journal

"Refreshing and captivating." Tampa Tribune

"O’Connor’s chronicle...gives readers a picture-perfect view of how they made the sport what it is today." — John Feinstein

“…THE definitive book on [Arnie and Jack’s] often complicated but honorable relationship.” — Gene Wojciechowski

“O’Connor explains the most complicated of human relationships in the simplest of terms…the fascinating journey…should not be missed.” — Bill Plaschke

“A classic work…the most riveting personal moments...[it] is the best thing I’ve read in a long while.” — Edwin Pope

“O’Connor, reporting in rich detail … while lifting golf to the big leagues of American sports.” — Dave Kindred

". . . an exceptional read." USA Today

"O’Connor's book is great because it reminds you how much fun and how ferocious golf used to be." Kansas City Star

Language: English
# of Pages: 375
File Size: 1843 KB
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; Reprint edition, on April 8, 2009.

 

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Kindle Daily Deal: A Gentle Rain - April 17th, 2012

Kindle Daily Deal for April 17th, 2012

Title: A Gentle Rain By Deborah Smith, Debra Dixon



About: After a plane crash kills Kara Whittenbrook's parents, the young woman is stunned to learn that she was adopted and her birth parents live on a troubled Florida cattle operation. Hoping to discover her roots and help out, she leaves the Brazilian rain-forest preserve of her childhood for the ranch.

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NYT bestseller Smith is author of A Place To Call Home, Sweet Hush, The Crossroads Cafe

Language: English
# of Pages: 385
File Size: 832 KB
Published by BelleBooks, on September 1, 2007.

 

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Kindle Daily Deal: Summer of Skinny Dipping - April 18th, 2012

Kindle Daily Deal for April 18th, 2012

Title: Summer of Skinny Dipping By Amanda Howells



About: At Indigo Beach, 16-year-old Mia Gordon met a boy with pale skin that glowed against the dark waves. It was the start of something neither could have predicted, something that would mark them forever and make everything that came after and before seem like another life.

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While spending summer vacation with her family at her cousins’ fancy beach house in the Hamptons, Mia, 16, wants to join the popular crowd. Instead, she feels like the “frumpy relative”; in fact, even her own mother is a class snob who thinks Mia isn’t slim enough to be part of the “in” set. Then she bonds with gorgeous Simon, the boy next door, and they meet secretly at night on the beach, drink vodka, and skinny-dip in the wild ocean waves. The details about what the kids wear and their conversations about what is trendy overpower the story, especially because much of the fashion will date. But many teens will appreciate this first novel for how the dialogue not only captures the dynamics of Mia’s standoffs with her peers but also reveals her surprising discoveries about adults. Mia’s first-person narrative is right on about wanting to be “cool” (“I couldn’t help wishing I was more like them”) even as she despises much of what “they” stand for. Grades 8-12. --Hazel Rochman

Language: English
# of Pages: 306
File Size: 515 KB
Published by Sourcebooks Fire; 1 edition, on June 1, 2010.