Haters by Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez

When sixteen-year-old Paski Archuleta’s dad gets his big Hollywood break, he abruptly moves them both from sporty Taos, New Mexico to upper crust Southern California.  Paski misses her friends and almost immediately runs into the “haters,” the gorgeous, rich, and mean queens of the school.  They don’t like Paski because she is getting lots of attention from the hot guys of the school, particularly the most popular girl’s studly boyfriend.

The latest book to be turned into a movie is Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison.  If you haven’t read it, this is the hilarious story of a 14 year old British girl named Georgia who has some crazy stuff going on in her life.  She has an insane cat that is big enough to eat a poodle, a little sister that smells a bit “hamsterish,” and parents that are clueless about everything she does.  It’s written in diary-style, so the reader really gets to know and love Georgia.

Gerard Way, the lead singer of the band My Chemical Romance, is now writing a comic book series called The Umbrella Academy.  It is a six-issue limited edition series about a disbanded group of superheroes that were trained by a disguised alien named Sir Reginald Hargreeves.  After he dies, the group reunites to carry on Hargreeves’ plan and try to save the world. 

Story of a Girl by Sara Zarr 

When she is caught in the backseat of a car at age 13 with Tommy, her older brother's best friend, Deanna Lambert's teenage life is changed forever.  Even though she has only been with one guy, the kids in her small town label her the “school sl#t.” Deanna’s family, especially her father, treats her like they expect her to sleep with anyone she sees.  Everyone assumes the worst from her, so it’s hard for Deanna to believe that she can do anything right.

Clio’s life up to age seventeen has been anything but ordinary, but her goal this summer is to get a job in the art store she loves, working with the guy she likes, hopefully get her first kiss, and generally have a normal teenage experience in Philadelphia. Just as things are falling into place, her mother moves to Kansas for the summer with her new boyfriend to work on an art restoration project and Clio isn’t invite.