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293 pp.
| HarperCollins/Tegen
| May, 2018
|
TradeISBN 978-0-06-239183-4$12.99
(3)
4-6
Illustrated by
Marta Kissi.
Readers already acquainted with angsty Gabby Garcia will most enjoy this sequel in which her detailed, carefully-crafted plans for summer are constantly thwarted. Her BFF Diego returns from a year in Costa Rica "totally different"; Gabby's now a catcher instead of pitcher on her baseball team; and does Johnny really like-like her? Tweens should connect with Gabby's journal-style narrative about such confusing changes.
290 pp.
| HarperCollins/Tegen
| May, 2017
|
TradeISBN 978-0-06-239180-3$12.99
|
EbookISBN 978-0-06-239182-7
(3)
4-6
Illustrated by
Marta Kissi.
As a star pitcher, Gabby knows how to strategize for success; so when she's abruptly reassigned to a private school because of asbestos at Luther Junior High, she produces this playbook for all her goals. Amply illustrated in black-and-white and breezily written, it will appeal to sports-minded readers who enjoy similarly formatted journals. Lessons about ego versus genuine friendship don't outweigh the fun.
(3)
YA
In present-day Paris, Romeo and Juliet are heirs to the city's most prestigious rival couturiers. Their blossoming relationship is upended by Jim, an American who befriends them--and becomes enamored of Juliet--but whose father is staging a hostile takeover of both fashion houses. The angsty teens' emotions feel realistically intense in this intriguing spin on Shakespeare's tragedy; a sequel clearly looms.