Books by Jessica Brody and Complete Book Reviews
Jessica Brody, Author . St. Martin's/Griffin $14.99 (320p) ISBN 978-0-312-38364-0
In this second tale of Jennifer Hunter, fidelity inspector, author Brody (The Fidelity Files
) puts her heroine in a questionable romance of her own. While Jennifer, head of the Hawthorne Agency, directs her associates to sniff around on behalf of...
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Jessica Brody, Author . Farrar, Straus & Giroux $16.99 (258p) ISBN 978-0-374-33979-1
Adult novelist Brody's first book for teens revolves around the principle of “what goes around comes around.” When 17-year-old Madison Kasparkova's supposedly devoted all-American boyfriend, Mason, suddenly dumps her for the...
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Jessica Brody. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $16.99 (320p) ISBN 978-0-374-39905-4
Ever since she fell into an abandoned mineshaft at age two, becoming a (temporary) celebrity as the nation watched her rescue, 15-year-old Brooklyn Pierce has made one bad decision after another. Her latest: accidentally burning down her mother's...
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Jessica Brody. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $16.99 (352p) ISBN 978-0-374-32303-5
Famous and spoiled teenage heiress Lexington Larrabee could give the Kardashians a run for their money in this opulent and fast-paced story. Lexi finally pushes her media-mogul father too far when she crashes her new Mercedes convertible into a...
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Jessica Brody. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $17.99 (320p) ISBN 978-0-374-37991-9
Amnesiac genius “Violet” supposedly absorbs information without effort. Yet after five days in the hospital with nothing to do but watch TV, the 16-year-old emerges with no comprehension of what jeans, cars, malls, and supermarkets are. Violet may...
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Jessica Brody. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $17.99 (464p) ISBN 978-0-374-38270-4
Brody (the Unremembered trilogy) brings fresh twists to a familiar Groundhog Day–esque premise. Monday, September 26, is not a good day for high school junior Ellie Sparks. She gets drenched on the way to school, flubs a campaign speech to become...
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Jessica Brody. Delacorte, $16.99 (368p) ISBN 978-0-399-55510-7
Readers eager to become full-fledged teens may have second thoughts after seeing what happens to 12-year-old Addie Bell when her wish to be 16 is granted. After receiving a magical jewelry box from an elderly neighbor with dementia, Addie writes...
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Jessica Brody. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $17.99 (464p) ISBN 978-0-374-38076-2
It’s the fall of senior year, and Kennedy Rhodes has some regrets: blowing a college interview, trusting her boyfriend and best friend together, and—most profoundly—not enrolling in a prestigious private school when she had the chance. Then, while...
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Jessica Brody. Simon Pulse, $18.99 (464p) ISBN 978-1-4814-9921-7
After 18-year-old Ali’s absentee father dies, she and her mother learn that they are about to lose their house in Russellville, Calif., to foreclosure. Ali will do anything to keep their home, even after her mom has given up, so she decides to sell...
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Jessica Brody. Delacorte, $17.99 (432p) ISBN 978-0-593-17372-5
As 12-year-old Amelia Gray, who reads as white, finishes up sixth grade at her 39th school, she’s ready for yet another four-week stay in a new place with her single father, who travels the country revamping hotels. Happy with their unattached “life
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Jessica Brody. Simon Pulse, $17.99 (416p) ISBN 978-1-4814-9918-7
For months 18-year-old Ryn has been struggling to accept the car crash that killed her best friend Lottie. As the anniversary of the event draws near, an anxious and withdrawn Ryn plans to spend the day at home, far from other people. Instead she...
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