Grow: A Novel in Verse

Rachel's Valentine Crush (5)

Sea for Yourself (LUNA BAY)

Derailed: A Sweet Teen Romantic Comedy

Heather Leaves School (La Rochelle)

Swan Boy

Gypsy Summer: A Novel

All About My Selfie (Summit Middle School) (Summit Middle School, 4)

Carmie Hoffman is ready for everything to change. She wants to lose 20 pounds and be a beautiful girl. She wants someone to think shes special. She wants to move out of the Valley and stop worrying about her clinically depressed mother, whos tired and sad almost all of the time. Then, out of nowhere, she sees her openingwhen her best friend convinces her mother to drive them to Malibu Beach, Carmies tired, sad, and oh-so-old mom grabs a surfboard and impresses even the locals! Thats when Carmie learns that her mom had a secret life before Carmiea life where she was a Malibu surfer. Carmie knows that she was meant to learn this. That she and her mom were meant to move to Malibu and form a surfing dynasty with some of the surfing legends her mom used to hang out with. In her movie notebook, Carmie writes herself a starring role as a glamorous, gorgeous surf star. But not everything is as easy as it is in the movies, and Carmie learns that her mom is a much more complicated and wonderful person than she ever knew.From the Hardcover edition.

Discover Your Child's Next Read

Grow: A Novel in Verse

Juanita Havill, Stanislawa Kodman, 2008

Rachel's Valentine Crush (5)

Angela Darling, 2013

Sea for Yourself (LUNA BAY)

Francess Lin Lantz, 2004

Derailed: A Sweet Teen Romantic Comedy

Randi Rigby, 2023

Heather Leaves School (La Rochelle)

Elinor M. Brent-Dyer, 1929

Swan Boy

Diana Hendry, 2004

Gypsy Summer: A Novel

Betty Barclift, 2003

All About My Selfie (Summit Middle School) (Summit Middle School, 4)

Shannon Freeman, 2015