Deriso, Christine Hurley

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Dreams to grow on

2002
While playing, a little girl imagines a number of different things she might grow up to be.

Talia Talk

Trying to fit in despite having a loud, embarrassing best friend, eleven-year-old Talia becomes a commentator on her middle school's closed-circuit television program and turns the tables on her mother, a talk show host who has been revealing Talia's most humiliating experiences for years.
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All the wrong chords

2017
"Dealing with the death of her brother, teenager Scarlett Stiles joins a rock band and falls hard for the band's lead singer and local 'bad boy'"--Provided by publisher.
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Elisabeth and the unwanted advice

2016
To thirteen-year-old Elisabeth Caldwell, babysitting for a neighbor's little boys sounds like an easy way to earn some money for shopping, and her grandmother is full of sensible advice--trouble is her mind is more on a boy on the school tennis team and the difficulty she is having making a good impression on him.

Tragedy girl

2016
"Seventeen-year-old Anne, grieving the death of her parents, thinks she has found a soulmate in her classmate Blake, whose girlfriend has died, until she begins to sense that something about Blake is not what it seems"--Provided by publisher.

Thirty sunsets

Sixteen-year-old Forrest Shepherd expects to enjoy a relaxing month at her family's beach house, but instead finds herself grappling with a series of relationship crises that lead her to realize things are not always what they seem.

The Right-Under Club

2007
Over the summer, five middle school girls form a club based on the fact that they all feel neglected and misunderstood by their blended families.

Do-over

2006
Seventh-grader Elsa moves to a new town and starts a new school where, with the help of her recently deceased mother and a magic locket that allows her to redo the last ten seconds in any situation, she attempts to become popular.

Talia Talk

2008
Trying to fit in despite having a loud, embarrassing best friend, eleven-year-old Talia becomes a commentator on her middle school's closed-circuit television program and turns the tables on her mother, a talk show host who has been revealing Talia's most humiliating experiences for years.

--Then I met my sister

2011
Summer Stetson feels overshadowed by her dead sister, Shannon, but a secret birthday gift from her aunt reveals Shannon's diary and Summer uses this gift to gain a better understanding of her sister and their family.
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