Hit and Run

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Title: Hit and Run
Author: Lurlene McDaniel
Copyright: 2007

This story is told from four alternating viewpoints. Analise, Laurie, Quin, and Jeremy and all attend the same high school, but they do not all truly know each other.

Laurie is a freshman whose parents are divorced. She lives with her mom who wants Laurie to be popular and date lots of boys like she did in high school. Laurie does not want to be like her mother and is having trouble handling the pressure her mother is putting on her.

Quin's father is just as bad as Laurie's mother. Quin is a high school senior who is looking forward to going away to college to play baseball. The farther away he can get from his father the better as Quin's father is constantly pressuring him to be the best ball player, keep his head in the game, and stay out of trouble.

Analise and Jeremy are high school seniors. They have been dating for awhile now and are looking forward to the future. Analise works on the school newspaper and yearbook. Jeremy works part-time in a woodshop making items such as desks, chairs, tables, and cabinets. Neither of them have pushy parents like Laurie and Quin.

After Friday night all four of their lives will be changed forever.

Love is a Many Trousered Thing

Title: Love is a Many Trousered Thing
Series: Confessions of Georgia Nicolson
Author: Louise Rennison
Copyright: 2007

Georgia is her usual self-centered teenage self in this 8th installment of the Confessions of Georgia Nicolson. This time Georgia finds herself in the bakery of love trying to choose between Robbie and Masimo. Of course, Wet Lindsay is also still in the picture. Has Robbie returned to England to date Georgia or Lindsay or for some other reason? Does Masimo intend to date Georgia or Lindsay? In the mean time Georgia must also endure her amazingly embarrassing parents and family.

To this adult Georgia's self-centered attitude is a continual annoyance. I can only hope that teenagers who read Georgia's story will see how poorly she treats her friends and thus recognize personality traits to NOT emulate.