Dreams of Significant Girls by Christina Garcia is about three girls who are nothing alike. Their names are Vivien, Ingrid, and Shirin. They meet one summer at a camp in Switzerland. At first, they do not get along very well. They end up being roommates for two more summers, which causes them to become best friends. They back each other up when they are going through issues or first loves. They form a bond that lasts for years after their last year in Switzerland. The girls' differences pulled them closer together as friends.
Unfamiliar Magic is about a young witch named Desi, whose mom is also a witch and she refuses to teach Desi any spells or tell Desi anything about her father who has been absent Desi's whole life. Desi has a cat named Devil which is a familiar. (Devil can travel to different worlds- the witch or the demon world) Desi's mom, Desi, and their cat have moved all over the world for an unknown reason to Desi. They have just moved to the suburbs when her mother leaves without any notice right after turning their cat Devil into a teenage girl.
I read the book The Skinny on Time Management. The book was written in comic form. The author, Jim Randel, wrote links to outside sources, such as the internet and other books. The book tells you detailed step by step things on how to reach your goal in a certain amount time. The author puts other links to outside sources so one can do his or her own research.
This book is about a fifteen year-old girl named Doris. Her parents are musicians who perform late at night at parties and club, so she is used to being home alone. However, when her mother leaves her and her father, her father finds a new girlfriend. An incident occurs when a violent classmate attacks her best friend. Doris is even more alone, so she seeks company with the pigeons on the roof of the apartment building she lives in. Doris finds what her full potential is and who she really is.
The book Wish by Joseph Monninger is the story about a girl named Bee and her brother, Tommy. Tommy is fascinated by sharks but, he has a cystic fibrosis. He will not live for a long time, so the Make-a-Wish foundation tries to fulfill Tommy's wish, to go diving with Great White sharks. Tommy is disappointed when they do not let him dive into the water, so his sister takes him to his role model, Ty, who had survived a shark attack, unscathed. Bee falls in love with Ty's younger brother, Little Brew. They try to teach Tommy how to surfboard, but he falls into the water.
The Sweetness of Salt by Cecilia Galante is a story about a girl named Julia and her sister Sophie. After Julia becomes valedictorian at her school, her sister comes to visit. Sophie gets in a big fight with her parents over a big secret that they will not tell Julia. Sophie had given Julia a car for a present. When Julia goes to a party, Sophie leaves. Her parents tell Julia about their sister Maggie who supposedly died of asthma. Julia leaves to go live with her sister who is short-tempered. They are talking when Julia tells Sophie what their parents had said to her.
