The Summer I Became a Nerd by Leah Rae Miller (review)

 

The Summer I Became A Nerd

By Leah Rae Miller

Genre: Young Adult, Chick-Lit, Romance
Published May 2013
Pages: 267

Publisher: Entangled Teen

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Summary: On the outside, seventeen-year-old Madelyne Summers looks like your typical blond cheerleader—perky, popular, and dating the star quarterback. But inside, Maddie spends more time agonizing over what will happen in the next issue of her favorite comic book than planning pep rallies with her squad. That she’s a nerd hiding in a popular girl's body isn’t just unknown, it's anti-known. And she needs to keep it that way.

Yellow Crocus By: Laila Ibrahim (review)

 

Yellow Crocus

By: Laila Ibrahim

Genre: Historical Fiction, Chick-Lit
Published Dec 2010
Pages: 238

Publisher: Flaming Chalice Press

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Summary:   "Mattie was never truly mine. That knowledge must have filled me as quickly and surely as the milk from her breasts. Although my family ‘owned’ her, although she occupied the center of my universe, her deepest affections lay elsewhere. So along with the comfort of her came the fear that I would lose her some day. This is our story...

So begins Lisbeth Wainwright’s compelling tale of coming-of-age in antebellum Virginia. Born to white plantation owners but raised by her enslaved black wet nurse, Mattie, Lisbeth’s childhood unfolds on the line between two very different worlds.