title: How to Kiss a Guy (Love Stories #3)
author:  Elizabeth Bernard 
description: Grade 7-9?Naomi Peters, 15, is a brain on the fast track to Harvard prelaw. She hangs out with a group of kids whose parents are successful and expect their children to follow in their footsteps. On a lark, she tries out for the school play, Beauty and the Beast, and gets the lead. She is immediately attracted to the Beast, Dylan Russo, and feels a chemistry between them that she'd only read about in romance novels. Josh, whom she's known for years, has been more of a good friend than a boyfriend. Dylan is from the wrong side of town, rides a Harley Davidson, and encourages her to cut her hair and skip school. Naomi struggles with a new relationship that is meaningful to her, but feels no support from her family, drama teacher, or friends. She must make the decision of how to resolve her two worlds on her own and almost loses Dylan in the process. The story is believable, and Naomi does take control of the situation. She faces Josh with the painful truth, and the ending is happy. This novel will appeal to YAs trying to discover who they are as opposed to who their parents want them to be.?Sandra L. Doggett, Linganore High School, Frederick, MD<BR>Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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  > > > > > > “I don’t even know how to kiss,” she said dejectedly.
  
  > > “It is an easily learned art,” he assured her seriously, but his blue eyes
  > were dancing with amusement. “In many it is instinctive. When I kiss you,
  > just kiss back. Let your heart guide you. I will instruct you in certain
  > refinements later on.” Lowering his head, he kissed her gently, and after a
  > moment of hesitation Cailin kissed him back. “That is very good,” he praised
  > her. “Let us try again.”
  
  > > This time his kiss was firmer, and she felt her lips give way slightly
  > beneath his. She gasped faintly as the very tip of his tongue brushed
  > sensuously and lightly over her mouth. The sensation caused her head to
  > whirl dizzily. Cailin put her arms about him to steady herself, for she felt
  > as if she were falling.…
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  By Bertrice Small
  
  THE KADIN  
  LOVE WILD AND FAIR  
  ADORA  
  UNCONQUERED  
  BELOVED  
  ENCHANTRESS MINE  
  BLAZE WYNDHAM  
  THE SPITFIRE  
  A MOMENT IN TIME  
  TO LOVE AGAI