Hitching the dream train isnt easy. Harper, Sophie, Kate, and Becca are four best friends who are in for a whirlwind ride of hope, humiliation, romance, tears, and laughteras well as amazing self-discoveryin the year that changes everything.The path: Graduate high school, head to college. The dream: Try something daring and exciting. The plan: Help each other realize their greatest dreams.This smart and commercial first novel will appeal to readers of the New York Times bestselling Gossip Girl and A-List series.
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After graduating from high school, four girls discover that veering from the straight and narrow road doesn't always lead to a dead end, in what PW called a story "full of romance and adventure, laughter and tears." Ages 15-up. (Apr.) Copyright 2007 Reed Business Information.
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Gr 9 Up-Harper, an overconfident high school grad who has only applied to one college, is (surprise, surprise) rejected. To make matters worse, she lies to her three best friends, convincing them that she has chosen to postpone college to live in her parents' basement in Boulder, CO, and follow her dreams by drafting the Great American Novel. Adding to her guilt, she inspires two of the other three to also ditch their college plans to follow their dreams. The story bounces back and forth among the four girls and their adventures as an actual college freshman, an aspiring author, an aspiring Hollywood actress, and a backpacking European tourist. Heavy on adjectives, the book drags a bit at the outset, but the pace quickens as each young woman develops a romantic interest, and the multiple story threads help maintain readers' interest. Although it lacks the novelty of a magical pair of jeans connecting the narratives, this novel might be another good choice for readers who have exhausted Ann Brashares's "Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" series (Delacorte).-Leah Krippner, Harlem High School, Machesney Park, IL Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.
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