Jeanne Betancourt, Author . Scholastic $4.99 (176p) ISBN 978-0-439-49839-5
Betancourt (the Pony Pals series) launches the Three Girls in the City series with this pleasant if predictable tale introducing a trio of teens who meet while taking a summer photography workshop in Manhattan. Shy, sensitive Carolyn has recently...
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Jeanne Betancourt, Author Scholastic Paperbacks $4.99 (160p) ISBN 978-0-439-49840-1
After introducing Maya, Carolyn and Joy, a trio of Manhattan teens who meet in a summer photography workshop, in Three Girls in the City: Self-Portrait, author Jeanne Betancourt now picks up with the friends while they are on photo assignment in
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Jeanne Betancourt, Author Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers $14.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-553-05871-0
Pretty Liz Gaynor, 15, is delighted that her friendship with fellow classmate Ben Lee has taken a romantic turn. Liz's parents, however, are concerned--not only because Ben is Chinese, he's also Liz's main competitor for a scholarship. Such narrow...
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Jeanne Betancourt, Author Starfire $3.5 (0p) ISBN 978-0-553-29351-7
PW noted that the topics of ``prejudice, interracial dating, cultural differences and the horrors of Cambodia'' are ``adroitly interwoven'' in this tale of a sophomore girl, whose relationship with a Chinese boy presents both romantic and academic...
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Jeanne Betancourt, Author Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers $13.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-553-05497-2
When Kate, Anne and Janet started the Party Girl business their goals seemed clear. First they hoped to earn enough money for a trip to Europe. Later, in college, they planned to share an apartment and continue to create elaborate, expensive...
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Jeanne Betancourt, Author Scholastic $2.25 (144p) ISBN 978-0-590-33323-8
Nothing has ever come between Carolyn and Christine Baird, 16-year-old identical twins, until a career seminar takes Chris from school for six weeks to work in a hospital pharmacy. While Chris gets involved with her job, Carolyn drifts further away,
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Jeanne Betancourt, Author Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers $13.95 (166p) ISBN 978-0-553-05469-9
Tracy, 16, and her family leave Manhattan for a year to try living on Grandma Tilly's farm in the country. Tracy's parents and 14-year-old brother adjust quickly, but Tracy is resentful and homesick for the city. Things begin to brighten when Tracy...
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Jeanne Betancourt, Author, Angela Dominguez, Illustrator , illus. by Angela Dominguez. Feiwel and Friends $14.99 (130p) ISBN 978-0-312-37760-1
Waking up on her eighth birthday, Ava tears up thinking about her parents, who died in a car accident (“Being an orphan is the saddest thing in my whole life so far, and probably forever”). She now lives with her 22-year-old brother,...
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Jeanne Betrancourt, Author, Jeanne Betancourt, Author Scholastic $14.95 (128p) ISBN 978-0-590-44921-2
Brian dreads entering sixth grade, knowing his learning experiences will be fraught with the confusion and frustration of years past. But on opening day, his teacher recognizes his problem--tipped off by the boy's reversing letters when writing his...
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