AustLit

When you have to train every afternoon for the swimming championships, it sometimes feels like you miss out on all the fun. So while Michelle's friends have been busy discussing their love lives, she's simply had to admit that she's not interested in guys. Why does she feel so strange whenever Mario is around?

On her first date with Mario he tells her how proud he is of her swimming and with Mario backing her up she could easily win the championship. So why does he disappear from her life just when they're getting to know each other? After the race it's all perfectly clear.' (Publisher's blurb)

'Lauren only answered the ad for a penpal because she desperately needed to stop thinking about Ben. Courtney sounded really cool, and when she arrived for an extended visit she turned out to have enough confidence for a whole cheer squad. She loved everybody, and everybody loved her. Courtney was great to write to, but having her at the same school was making Lauren allergic to everything American. She just hoped no one would dare Courtney to steal her boyfriend - the way things were going, she'd have no trouble...(Publisher's blurb)'

'Finding her perfect guy in a country town is close to impossible, so Evie's stunned when Tom Delaney - the local hero - asks her out. Even her best friend thinks it's all too good to be true, and when things go wrong Evie doesn't know how to handle it. Figuring out who's truly cool turns out to be the hardest thing Evie's ever had to do - almost as hard as admitting that first impressions can be way off the mark.' (Publisher's blurb)

'If you're pretty shy and you've lived in the middle of nowhere all your life, then moving to the city can rate high on the stress scale. Kate may be smart at school, but there's so much she doesn't know about - she's always tempted to crawl into her shell when things get rough. But local hero Pete Shadlow seems to like her anyway. Pete's so cool and onfident that it takes Kate a while to realise she can help him as much as he helps her. All she knows at first is that meeting Pete has changed her life forever...' (Publisher's blurb)

'Protagonist Nikki rejoices when the last of her three bossy brothers moves out, leaving Nikki with her mother to run Stevenson's Fauna Park with a new business partner. Her new-found freedom is challenged by the business partner's son, who turns out to be even bossier than Nikki's brothers.'

Source: TradeMe website, http://www.trademe.com.au/nz/auction-11988610.htm
Sighted: 09/06/2006