Her name is Maybelline Mary Katherine Mary Ann Chesnut, but you can call her Maybe. She's named after two Miss America winners and her mother's favorite brand of mascara. And while she could recite the Seven Select Rules for Young Ladies by heart, she is no tiara wearing wannabe beauty queen. In fact, with her oversized t-shirts, Kool-Aid dyed hair, and purple lipstick some may even say she's Goth. She's spunky, has a mind of her own, and hopes to someday have a normal life.
Unfortunately, normalcy is not something she is familiar with. Her mother, Chessy, runs a charm school that promises her students will be winners. A Former beauty pageant winner herself, she knows all the secrets. But behind that pretty smile and big hair, Chessy is an alcoholic and serial marrier. She falls hard and fast, but can never make the marriages last.
When soon-be-husband #7 makes a move on Maybe, she's decided she's had enough. With her best friends Hollywood and Thammasat Tantipinichwong Schneider (aka Ted), she heads off to L.A. to find her father. She's certain he will welcome her with open arms once he knows she exists. Armed only with his first name and possible profession, finding him proves to be harder than she ever imagined. While Maybe is determined to let nothing stand in her way of finding him, along the way she may just find something even more important. Herself.
Absolutely Maybe by Lisa Yee
Play Me by Laura Ruby
Eddy Rochester is going to be a star. He’s a wanna-be filmmaker well on his way to fame and fortune as his latest show Riot Grrl 16 rises in the ranks of an MTV contest. It’s sure to win (after all the competition is a joke) and will lead to his big break into filmmaking. Finally, his dreams are so close he can taste them.
Of course, when it comes to love he’s already famous for being, what some would call, a player. He’s the love ‘em and leave ‘em type who never makes promises about tomorrow. That is until he meets Lucinda Dulko, a no-nonsense tennis player who is perfect in Eddy’s eyes. He gets swept away in a thrilling chase to make her want him just as much as he does her. Soon, he finds himself in a game he’s never played before, where the power is no longer his. But for Lucinda, he’s willing to risk it all. Will he manage to get the fame, fortune, and girl…or will it all slip between his fingers?
New Books
Here are some new books that just came in:
Drawing a Blank: Or How I Tried to Solve a Mystery, End a Feud, and Land the Girl of My Dreams by Daniel Ehrenhaft and Trevor Ristow
After School Nightmare v.1 by Setona Mizushiro
My Fair Godmother by Janette Rallison
Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception by Maggie Stiefvater
Chasing Boys by Karen Tayleur
Hollywood and Maine by Allison Whittenberg
