title: The Hundred Lies of Lizzie Lovett
author:  Chelsea Sedoti 
description: Gr 9 UpLonely misfit high school senior Hawthorn Creely finds respite from pressure at school and at home by searching for a missing student: popular Lizzie Lovett. There are no clues, burning secrets, or great reveals surrounding Lizzie's disappearance. Instead, Hawthorn's wildly creative imagination and humor drive this mystery's plot forward. In a somewhat disturbing turn of events, she steps into Lizzie's life, taking the missing girl's old job and becoming involved with her boyfriend, Enzo. Hawthorn's insecurities and eventual self-discovery comprise the central themes of the novel as she navigates dates, dances, mean girls, and social isolation. Ultimately, Sundog, a visiting hippie, gives Hawthorn sensible spiritual guidance: "Some people are born knowing their paths from the start. The rest of us take a while to get there." Sage advice indeed. Some readers may be put off by the lack of a traditional whodunit story line as well as by Hawthorn's sometimes odd responses to situations, while other readers may find her eccentricities refreshingly honest and recognize an authentic teen voice. Some mature situations, including sex and drinking, are woven throughout. VERDICT Recommended for teens who appreciate a protagonist with a lively imagination and an acerbic tongue.Eva Thaler-Sroussi, Glencoe Public Library, IL
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  # How to Marry a Marquis
  
  ##  _Julia Quinn_
  
  
  
  
  
  In loving memory:  
    
  Ted Cotler, 1915-1973  
  Rutherford Swatzburg, 1910-1992  
  Betty Goldblatt Swatzburg, 1910-1997  
  Edith Block Cotler, 1917-1998  
  Ernest Anderson, 1911-1998  
    
  I stand upon your shoulders every day of my life.  
    
  And for Paul, even though he seems to think  
  he can get out of just about anything by saying,  
  "You're very cute, though."
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Chapter 1
  
  _Surrey_ _, England_ _August 1815_
  
  Four plus six plus eight plus seven plus one plus one plus one, mark down
  eight, carry the two...
  
  Elizabeth Hotchkiss added up the column of numbers for the fourth time, came
  up with the same answer she'd come up with three times before, and groaned.
  
  When she looked up, three somber faces were staring at her—the three faces of
  her younger siblings.
  
  "What is it, Lizzie?" nine-year-old Jane asked.
  
  Elizabeth smiled weakly as she tried to figure out how she was going to put
  away enough money to buy fuel to h