title: Finding Felicity
author:  Stacey Kade 
description: Gr 10 UpAn engaging, realistic fiction with a nod to Felicity, a popular late 90s show. The first chapters begin as Caroline graduates from high school and her mother surprises her with a party that none of her classmates attend. This kicks off a chain of events that could alter her envisioned future forever. An introvert, Caroline believes she's fine, just unable to easily connect with her peers, but her mother insists on therapy after finding out that Caroline has made up an entire life for herselffriends, circumstances, relationshipsall based on her favorite TV show. If she doesn't start making connections her first semester at college, more therapy and living at home will be the result. The teen is desperate to prove that she can obtain a "normal' life, even as she's dreaming of meeting her "perfect" boyfriend, much like Felicity's relationship with her boyfriend, Ben, in the show. Caroline finds out quickly that real life will take lot more of her participation and hurt than she's comfortable with, but may very possibly be worth it. Although the story line doesn't take a deep look at the mental health issues present here, Caroline does continue with her therapy sessions long-distance and she is more aware of her problems and combats them in a healthy way as the story progresses. VERDICT Older teens and YA readers will readily enjoy this book, connect with the cast of characters, and most likely bingewatch Felicity in the near future. A strong choice for most collections.Meghan Oppelt, Whitehall School District, WI
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  Malory5—Upper Fourth at Malory Towers—Blyton, Enid.
  
  Darrell goes back to School with Felicity.
  
  Darrell Rivers was very excited. It was the day to return to Malory Towers,
  her boarding-school—and this time she was taking her young sister Felicity
  with her.
  
  Felicity stood on the front steps beside her fifteen-year-old sister, dressed
  in the same brown and orange uniform, feeling excited, too. She was almost
  thirteen, and should have gone to Malory Towers two terms before, but she had
  been ill and had to stay at home.
  
  Now it was the summer term, and she was to go with Darrell at last She had
  heard so much about her sister's school—the fun they had there, the classrooms
  overlooking the sea, the four towers in which the two hundred and fifty girls
  slept, the great swimming-pool hollowed out of the rocks on the shore ...
  there was no end to the things that Darrell had told her.
  
  "It's a good thing we're going by train this time, not by car," said Darrell.
  "Yo