title: What Would Emma Do?
author:  Eileen Cook 
description: Grade 710Emma Proctor is the only person in her small town with big dreams of leaving. Even worse, she slipped up and kissed her best friend's boyfriend, who was also her good friend. And when members of the popular clique begin fabricating stories of drug poisonings and place the blame on the school outcasts, Emma is one of the few people with proof that they are lying. Now she must make some tough decisions: Will she risk her track scholarship and ticket out of town to do the right thing? And will her friendships survive this drama? Cook keeps this book fresh with her smart and sassy protagonist. While some of the plotlines are predictable, Emma's moral struggles and subsequent questioning of her born-again faith are touching and sincere. Fans of chick lit will appreciate this book.<i>Jessie Spalding, Tempe Public Library, AZ</i> <br />Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
zlib_text: **He paused, trying to gauge her mood. ‘Is there…anything else that’s making
  you unhappy?’**
  
  Her sudden flush gave him his answer, but all she said was, ‘No. Why should
  there be?’
  
  He took a step closer. He couldn’t go on pretending that he didn’t care.
  ‘Perhaps because you are not the only one forced to keep painful secrets.’
  
  Her eyes widened. ‘I don’t know what you’re talking about.’
  
  ‘Don’t you? You must know I’m drawn to you, Emma. That I think about you…far
  too much.’
  
  He watched her eyes darken in pain. ‘Lord Stewart, this is not a good idea.’
  
  ‘Perhaps not,’ he said quietly. ‘My father asked me to counsel my brother as
  to the unsuitability of his relationship with your sister. I shudder to think
  what he would say if he knew I was also having to counsel myself against my
  feelings…for you.’
  
  It had to happen. Perhaps it had been building to this right from the start.
  But the inevitability of the kiss still left Emma breathless. She watched Alex
  slowly take a step towards her, fe