An Order of Amelie, Hold the Fries by Nina Schindler

Kayla relates this to her sister Paterson (yes, like the town in New Jersey), and when word gets around school, the students face off in a debate of, um, epic proportions. After an audition in which her breasts are turned down for the lead role, her mentor talks to her about plastic surgery. What she also has are very large breasts. The story focuses on Kayla, a dancer who attends a fine arts high school and wants to become a professional ballerina. We got to talking about breasts, and she recommended this book. One thing I mentioned to her was that I could never make it as an opera singer, even though I love to sing, because I'm a mezzo with 34D breasts. Alex Flinn recommended this book to me after we got into a discussion on opera. And girls.ĭancing in Red Shoes Will Kill You by Dorian Cirrone. It's a little dense in places, but I think guys will like it. Leo Caraway, staunch Republican, finds out that his biological father (who knew?) is a punk superstar. The pacing is a million times better than Jake and the main character is a hoot. I have a lot of romance readers who will enjoy it, and I think it's a romance even guys could get into.īorn to Rock, also by Gordon Korman.

Teens who haven't read Gatsby probably won't notice a thing. I understand his focusing just on one aspect of the story, the romance that Jake puts himself aside for, but there was too much plot that I knew should happen, having read The Great Gatsby, that didn't. It's a retelling of The Great Gatsby and while it has Korman's trademark humor and cleverness, it felt rushed. Because I am so far behind on book blogging, though, my picks for the Printz will have to come later. Nominating season for the YA lit awards and booklists is over, so that means I now have eight million tons of books to get through.

An Order of Amelie, Hold the Fries by Nina Schindler