Girlfriend Material by Melissa Kantor

Sixteen-year-old Kate has big plans for her summer... until her mom announces the two of them are leaving their native Utah and traveling to Cape Cod for the summer! Kate is convinced it's going to be the worst summer of her life, but then she meets cute Adam at the local library of all places. Will she transform herself and finally be considered "girlfriend material" or will she forever be the "funny sidekick"?

Lone Star Books 2010 Video
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Graceling by Kristin Cashore

Looking for a romantic, blood-filled mystery adventure? This is the book for you! In a world where people born with Graces (an uber-developed talent) are identified by their different colored eyes, Lady Katsa has been employed by her corrupt uncle, also the king of the Seven Kingdoms, to use her Grace to kill anyone who crosses him. She secretly forms a Council to  begin to use her Grace in a more positive way, to bring justice to the people of the Seven Kingdoms and along the way meets Prince Po, a mysterious Graceling with skills to match. This is the first book in a series, with a companion book FIRE already out.

The Red Blazer Girls by Michael D. Beil

What do you get when you have a thousand-year-old mystery, a twenty-year-old hidden birthday gift, and a cast of mysterious characters? The Red Blazer Girls, of course! This group of super-sleuth junior high school girls sets out to solve this "puzzling mystery, mystery with puzzles" while taking crazy field trips, drinking expensive coffee, and working complicated math problems. Can they solve the mystery before time is up?

The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly

11-year-old Calpurnia Virginia Tate lives in rural central Texas at the turn of the 20th century with her family that includes her mother, father, 6 brothers and her eccentric grandfather. While her mother wants nothing more than for Callie Vee (as she is affectionately called) to be domesticated and learn how to be a good wife, Callie wants to follow her grandfather around the brush and look for new species of plants. Can Callie help change the perception of young girls in her small slice of central Texas life?