Happy Birthday to Carolyn Mackler!

Good present for an author?  Read their books!  Here are the ones that we have by Carolyn Mackler!

Feeling like she does not fit in with the other members of her family, who are all thin, brilliant, and good-looking, fifteen-year-old Virginia tries to deal with her self-image, her first physical relationship, and her disillusionment with some of the people closest to her.

The lives of four very different teenagers become entangled in ways that none of them could have imagined after a short stay at a Caribbean resort.

It's 1996, and less than half of all American high school students have ever used the Internet. Emma just got her first computer and Josh is her best friend. They power up and log on--and discover themselves on Facebook, fifteen years in the future. Everybody wonders what their Destiny will be. Josh and Emma are about to find out.

Presents for my YAs! December books - part 2

The Little Black Dress and Zoot Suits by Alison Marie Behnke

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Fashions from the 1930s, 40s, and 50s.  Lots of pictures and tons of information.  Great for the fashion minded looking for some vintage inspiration.

The File on Angelyn Stark by Catherine Atkins

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Angelyn Stark has a secret.  One day, her neighbor and friend, Nathan, saw something happen. Something between Angelyn and her stepfather. Then he told his grandmother, who was always looking out for Angelyn, and it turned into a mess. But Nathan didn't know what he was talking about then, and he doesn't know now. Three years later, Angelyn is in high school and she thinks she's getting along fine--but there's a young teacher who wants to help her. He says she has potential she isn't living up to. Nobody has ever cared this way about Angelyn, not since Nathan's grandmother, anyway. But what does Mr. Rossi really want from her? And once Angelyn starts falling for him, does she really care?

Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
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Ostracized or incarcerated her whole life, seventeen-year-old Juliette is freed on the condition that she use her horrific abilities in support of The Reestablishment, a post-apocalyptic dictatorship, but Adam, the only person ever to show her affection, offers hope of a better future.

 The Future of Us by Jay Asher & Carolyn Mackler
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It's 1996, and Josh and Emma have been neighbors their whole lives. They've been best friends almost as long - at least, up until last November, when Josh did something that changed everything. Things have been weird between them ever since, but when Josh's family gets a free AOL CD in the mail, his mom makes him bring it over so that Emma can install it on her new computer. When they sign on, they're automatically logged onto their Facebook pages. But Facebook hasn't been invented yet. And they're looking at themselves fifteen years in the future. By refreshing their pages, they learn that making different decisions now will affect the outcome of their lives later.

 Virtuosity by Jessica Martinez
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Just before the most important violin competition of her career, seventeen-year-old prodigy Carmen faces critical decisions about her anti-anxiety drug addiction, her controlling mother, and a potential romance with her most talented rival.

Happy birthday to Carolyn Mackler

Carolyn Mackler was born in Manhattan, but move to Greenwich Village when she was one, then later to Syracuse, New York, and finally to Brockport, New York, which where many of her novels are set. Mackler was always interested in writing, and at age four she created a newspaper with her best friend!  She recorded stories on a tape recorder and played them for her mother who wrote them down for her. She lived in Brockport until starting college in 1991. She went to Vassar College and got a degree in Art History. After college, Carolyn lived in Seattle, Washington for a little while before going back to New York City in December 1995. In 2003, she got married and now lives in an apartment in Manhattan.  She has a young son.

Celebrate her birthday today by checking out one of the books we have by her!