Carpe Diem
Sixteen-year-old Vassar Spore's detailed plans for the next twenty years of her life are derailed when her bohemian grandmother insists that she join her in Southeast Asia for the summer, but as she writes a novel about her experiences, Vassar discovers new possibilities.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 10
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 740
subjects: adventure and adventurers, grandmothers, artists, authorship [X], secrets [X], southeast asia, secrecy, life skills
Words And Their Meanings
Seventeen-year-old Anna O'Mally is a gifted writer but for the past year, since her beloved uncle Joe died, she has been wrapped in grief that seems impenetrable until a strange email suggests she did not know Joe as well as she thought--and he was not the saint she believed he was.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 6
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 730
subjects: grief, family problems, secrecy, best friends, friendship, dysfunctional families, dating (social customs), authorship [X], secrets [X], family life