Lauren Conrad Beauty by Lauren Conrad
Whether she's in front of the camera or behind the scenes, style icon
Lauren Conrad has spent years learning from the pros and perfecting her
look, and now she's sharing all her beauty secrets. In her first guide
dedicated exclusively to beauty, Lauren covers everything you need to
know to maximize your own beauty potential. From tips for creating a
strong foundation and maintaining healthy skin and hair through diet,
exercise, and all-around wellness to everyday makeup techniques and
tricks of the trade for special-occasion looks, Lauren Conrad Beauty
provides the advice you've been waiting for. Lauren's personal anecdotes
and illustrated step-by-step lessons for makeup, hair, and nails will
have you looking great for day or night.
Back Before Dark by Tim Shoemaker
When Gordy is abducted in the park, his cousin Cooper will do anything
to rescue him and although Hiro and Lunk fear that Cooper will get
himself in trouble, too, they join the race against the clock to save
their friend. Includes author's notes about friendship, discussion
questions, and tips for avoiding abduction.
Picture Me Gone by Meg Rosoff
Mila has an exceptional talent for reading a room; sensing hidden
facts and unspoken emotions from clues that others overlook. So when her
father's best friend, Matthew, goes missing from his upstate New York
home, Mila and her beloved father travel from London to find him. She
collects information about Matthew from his belongings, from his wife
and baby, from the dog he left behind and from the ghosts of his
past; slowly piecing together the story everyone else has missed. But
just when she's closest to solving the mystery, a shocking betrayal
calls into question her trust in the one person she thought she could
read best.
The Eye of Minds by James Dashner
The Eye of Minds is the first book in The Mortality Doctrine, a series
set in a world of hyperadvanced technology, cyberterrorists, and gaming
beyond your wildest dreams . . . and your worst nightmares. Michael is a
gamer. And like most gamers, he almost spends more time on the VirtNet
than in the actual world. The VirtNet offers total mind and body
immersion, and it's addictive. Thanks to technology, anyone with enough
money can experience fantasy worlds, risk their life without the chance
of death, or just hang around with Virt-friends. And the more hacking
skills you have, the more fun. Why bother following the rules when most
of them are dumb, anyway? But some rules were made for a reason. Some
technology is too dangerous to fool with. And recent reports claim that
one gamer is going beyond what any gamer has done before: he's holding
players hostage inside the VirtNet. The effects are horrific--the
hostages have all been declared brain-dead. Yet the gamer's motives are a
mystery. The government knows that to catch a hacker, you need a
hacker. And they've been watching Michael. They want him on their team.
But the risk is enormous. If he accepts their challenge, Michael will
need to go off the VirtNet grid. There are back alleys and corners in
the system human eyes have never seen and predators he can't even
fathom--and there's the possibility that the line between game and
reality will be blurred forever.
Dare Me by Eric Devine
When Ben Candido and his friends, Ricky and John, decide to post a
YouTube video of themselves surfing on top of a car, they finally feel
like the somebodies they are meant to be instead of the social nobodies
that they are. Overnight, the video becomes the talk of the school, and
the boys are sure that their self-appointed senior year of dares will
live in infamy. Every dare brings an increased risk of bodily harm, but
Ben cannot deny the thrill and sense of swagger that come with it. The
stakes become even more complex when a mysterious donor bankrolls their
dares in exchange for a cut in the online revenue the videos generate.
But at what point do the risk and the reward come at too high of a
price? What does it take to stay true to one's self in the face of
relentless pressure?
