Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper

I admit it. I cried. I cried when Melody got to talk. But guess what? That was a great, happy moment. You don't guess when you read the blurb. You don't guess when you see the cover. You don't guess what impact this book will have on you. You don't guess the emotions that seep through the pages of this book by any of these things. You read them, then you feel them. Because that is the definition of great writing. Melody is a very intelligent, thoughtful girl, but she has more limitations than we maybe do. She has Cerebral Palsy.

Here's the Blurb:

Words have always swirled around me like snowflakes-- each one delicate and different, each one melting untouched in my hands.
Deep within me, words pile up in huge drifts. Mountains of phrases and sentences and connected ideas. Clever expressions. Jokes. Love Songs....
But only in my head.
I have never spoken on single word. I am almost eleven years old.


                               I give this book Three Stars.

Models Don't Eat Chocolate Cookies by Erin Dionne

Celeste. What a great name. Celeste doesn't want to model in the Husky Peach contest, but her aunt entered her in it, and she doesn't want to dissapoint her mom. She didn't ask, but now Celeste's stuck doing the contest. So she forms a master plan.She'll lose twenty pounds. Then she'll be a Skinny Banana. Then she won't have to do it. I think that's dumb.Listen to a great song explaining why here. I think that Celeste (and the people around her) are way to preoccupied with her weight. It's not like it's a big deal. Get over it. Anywho, overall this book was a very light and entertaining read.

Here's the Blurb:


Walk the runway for all the world to see? 
Nope. No way. NEVER. 


At least, that's what I thought—until Aunt Doreen secretly entered me in the Miss HuskyPeach pageant for plus-sized girls. I couldn't do it, but I felt too guilty to quit. 


There was only one way out... 


This is the story of thirteen-year-old Celeste Harris, who used to be perfectly comfortable with her weight. She also used to think nothing would make eighth grade worse than super-popular, super-mean Lively Carson's persistent insults and attempts to steal her best friend. But along came the chance of being crowed a chubby teen queen, and suddenly it was clear: Things could be much worse. So Celeste crafts a plan—she'll sacrifice her chocolate cookie obsession, lose weight, and shrink right out of the competition. 


What follows is a series of escapades both hilarious and horrifying, as our heroine tries to hold her head high both on the catwalk and off—and learns to show the world who she is from the inside out.


                           I give this Book Three Stars.

Jenna & Jonah's Fauxmance by Emily Franklin and Brendan Halpin

It was so, so, cute. Jenna and Jonah are so pitted against each other that they can't see what's sitting right in front of them, and they can't understand it either. It doesn't help that they're having a fauxmance. It really doesn't help that the media thinks Jonah is gay. This book is told through alternating points of view, and is rather funny.

Here's the Blurb:

Fans of romance don't need to look any further than the fauxmance brewing between teen idols Charlie Tracker and Fielding Withers-known on their hit TV show as Jenna and Jonah, next-door neighbors flush with the excitement of first love. But it's their off-screen relationship that has helped cement their fame, as passionate fans follow their every PDA. They grace the covers of magazines week after week. Their fan club has chapters all over the country. The only problem is their off-screen romance is one big publicity stunt, and Charlie and Fielding can't stand to be in the same room. Still, it's a great gig, so even when the cameras stop rolling, the show must go on, and on, and on. . . . Until the pesky paparazzi blow their cover, and Charlie and Fielding must disappear to weather the media storm. It's not until they're far off the grid of the Hollywood circuit that they realize that there's more to each of them than shiny hair and a winning smile.


                           I give this Book Three Stars.