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Some Girls Are

By Courtney Summers (Author)

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Climbing to the top of the social ladder is hard--falling from it is even harder.  Regina Afton used to be a member of the Fearsome Fivesome, an all-girl clique both feared and revered by the students at Hallowell High... until vicious rumors about her and her best friend's boyfriend start going around.  Now Regina's been "frozen out" and her ex-best friends are out for revenge.  If Regina was guilty, it would be one thing, but the rumors are far from the terrifying truth and the bullying is getting more intense by the day.  She takes solace in the company of Michael Hayden, a misfit with a tragic past who she herself used to bully.  Friendship doesn't come easily for these onetime enemies, and as Regina works hard to make amends for her past, she realizes Michael could be more than just a friend... if threats from the Fearsome Foursome don't break them both first.

Tensions grow and the abuse worsens as the final days of senior year march toward an explosive conclusion in this dark new tale from the author of Cracked Up To Be.

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Climbing to the top of the social ladder is hard--falling from it is even harder.  Regina Afton used to be a member of the Fearsome Fivesome, an all-girl clique both feared and revered by the students at Hallowell High... until vicious rumors about her and her best friend's boyfriend start going around.  Now Regina's been "frozen out" and her ex-best friends are out for revenge.  If Regina was guilty, it would be one thing, but the rumors are far from the terrifying truth and the bullying is getting more intense by the day.  She takes solace in the company of Michael Hayden, a misfit with a tragic past who she herself used to bully.  Friendship doesn't come easily for these onetime enemies, and as Regina works hard to make amends for her past, she realizes Michael could be more than just a friend... if threats from the Fearsome Foursome don't break them both first.

Tensions grow and the abuse worsens as the final days of senior year march toward an explosive conclusion in this dark new tale from the author of Cracked Up To Be.

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Paperback (256 pages)
Published: January 5, 2010
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Imprint: St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN: 9780312573805
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  • Cracked Up to Be

    Cracked Up to Be
    Perfect Parker Fadley isn’t so perfect anymore.  She’s quit the cheerleading squad, she’s dumped her perfect boyfriend, and she’s failing school.  Her parents are on a constant suicide watch and her counselors think she’s playing games…but what they don’t know, the real reason for this whole mess, isn’t something she can say out loud.  It isn’t even something she can say to herself.  A horrible thing has happened and it just might be her fault.  If she can just remove herself from everybody--be totally alone--then everything will be okay...The problem is, nobody will let her. 
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    Fall for Anything

    Fall for Anything
    From the author of Cracked Up to Be and Some Girls Are comes a gripping story about one girl’s search for clues into the mysterious death of her father.  When Eddie Reeves’s father commits suicide her life is consumed by the nagging question of why? Why when he was a legendary photographer and a brilliant teacher? Why when he seemed to find inspiration in everything he saw? And, most important, why when he had a daughter who loved him more than anyone else in the world? When she meets Culler Evans, a former student of her father’s and a photographer himself, an instant and dangerous attraction begins. Culler seems to know more about her father than she does and could possibly hold the key to the mystery surrounding his death. But Eddie’s vulnerability has weakened her and Culler Evans is getting too close. Her need for the truth keeps her hanging on...but are some questions better left unanswered?
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    This Is Not a Test

    This Is Not a Test
    It’s the end of the world. Six students have taken cover in Cortege High but shelter is little comfort when the dead outside won’t stop pounding on the doors. One bite is all it takes to kill a person and bring them back as a monstrous version of their former self. To Sloane Price, that doesn’t sound so bad. Six months ago, her world collapsed and since then, she’s failed to find a reason to keep going. Now seems like the perfect time to give up. As Sloane eagerly waits for the barricades to fall, she’s forced to witness the apocalypse through the eyes of five people who actually want to live. But as the days crawl by, the motivations for survival change in startling ways and soon the group’s fate is determined less and less by what’s happening outside and more and more by the unpredictable and violent bids for life—and death—inside. When everything is gone, what do you hold on to?
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  • September 26, 2012
    SAREINER
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    Best young adult book i have read by far! this book is about bullying in school. yet the girl who is getting bullied was that popualr girl who made everyone's life hell.it was easy to relate to her, but how can you care about a girl that teased, beat up and made your life hell and now its happening to her?the things those girls did to her is heart breaking and just a great book to read. A must read for all Teen Girls.

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    Best young adult book i have read by far! this book is about bullying in school. yet the girl who is getting bullied was that popualr girl who made everyone's life hell.it was easy to relate to her, but how can you care about a girl that teased, beat up and made your life hell and now its happening to her?the things those girls did to her is heart breaking and just a great book to read. A must read for all Teen Girls.


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  • May 14, 2012
    DSOLTER
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    What a great book. Some Girls Are… tackles the subject of bullying in girl world. What makes this story unique is who the main heroine is…a popular girl who has ruined the lives of others now gets a brutal taste of her own medicine, sounds like the type of person you would hate and definitely not root for in a story. Well, that’s what’s brilliant about this book, not only does Courtney Summers make you care about the girl, you also want those other students persecuting her to meet evil fates. In essence, the reader gets so caught up in the story, you feel like a victim too, wanting the heroine to dish out terrible reprisals on those she sees as “wrong”. Yet, both sides get hurt and everyone loses to some extent. The story is hard to read because it is so wonderfully honest and raw. But the book rewards you if you can hang in there through the brutal punches. When it comes to bullying, girls can be just as vicious as guys. I never really believed that…until I read this book.

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    What a great book. Some Girls Are… tackles the subject of bullying in girl world. What makes this story unique is who the main heroine is…a popular girl who has ruined the lives of others now gets a brutal taste of her own medicine, sounds like the type of person you would hate and definitely not root for in a story. Well, that’s what’s brilliant about this book, not only does Courtney Summers make you care about the girl, you also want those other students persecuting her to meet evil fates. In essence, the reader gets so caught up in the story, you feel like a victim too, wanting the heroine to dish out terrible reprisals on those she sees as “wrong”. Yet, both sides get hurt and everyone loses to some extent. The story is hard to read because it is so wonderfully honest and raw. But the book rewards you if you can hang in there through the brutal punches. When it comes to bullying, girls can be just as vicious as guys. I never really believed that…until I read this book.


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  • December 19, 2011
    PMLYAYAKKERS
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    Regina has climbed to the top of the school's social ladder. She is mean girl Anna's sidekick. But then another member of the clique lies to Anna, and says that Regina slept with Anna's boyfriend. Suddenly Regina is out, and the target of vicious bullying.

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    Regina has climbed to the top of the school's social ladder. She is mean girl Anna's sidekick. But then another member of the clique lies to Anna, and says that Regina slept with Anna's boyfriend. Suddenly Regina is out, and the target of vicious bullying.


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