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The Denim Diaries

A Memoir

By: Laurie Boyle Crompton

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Laurie Boyle Crompton’s coming of age in rural Pennsylvania and the New York City area in the 1970s and 1980s was anything but idyllic. In moving verse accompanied by diary-esque sketches, Crompton takes you along as she navigates relationships, plays the happy family at church despite discord at home, manages her mother’s ambitions and her father’s alcoholism, struggles with her self-image, and desperately tries to fit in at school by squeezing into too-tight designer denim. Both heartwarming and heartbreaking, The Denim Diaries follows Crompton’s journey through disordered eating and sexual assault to acceptance and recovery. Her vivid poems recall the highs and lows of a life filled with hardship and joy alike. At times both harrowing and humorous, this memoir brings new perspective to the importance of self-love and finding hope in the darkest of times.

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9798765602379

Freaky in Fresno

By: Laurie Boyle Crompton

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Freaky in Fresno

By: Laurie Boyle Crompton

One pink convertible, two estranged cousins, and a fateful summer road trip. When geeky horror movie fanatic Ricki and makeup guru Lana accidentally switch bodies they will have to work together to straighten out their lives and swap back to their rightful body beforecalamity strikes. Freaky in Frenso is a fresh take that is part?Freaky Friday, part romcom, and all heart. Ricki has one goal: save the Starlight Drive-in movie theater from going dark forever. Okay, make that two goals … she may also want a first kiss from her cinema-rescuing partner and major crush, Jake. Lana definitely has only one goal: grow her online makeup channel to keep her momager off her back, even if the posts attract ugly internet trolls. The two cousins couldn’t be more different, but their opposite personalities come crashing to a head when their aunt gifts the girls a vintage cotton-candy-pink convertible.?To share.?Ricki wants the convertible for the drive-in’s grand reopening, but it’s the same day as Digifest, a huge event where Lana needs to shine. After a major fight and a minor electric shock while wrestling over the wheel, Ricki wakes up as Lana, and Lana wakes up as Ricki. Ricki and Lana have only a day to un-swap themselves, a task made even more difficult as they try to keep up appearances on Lana’s channel and with Ricki’s hopefully-soon-to-be-kissed crush. But it turns out experiencing a day as each other—with a mini road trip and Chihuahua wrangling—may be the one thing that help the cousins see each other and?themselves?more clearly. Freaky in Fresno: Addresses topics such as family and friendship, mental health and self-worth, andonline presence Pays homage to beloved 80s movies, hilarious?Freaky Friday?twists, cult horror classics, and scream queens like Jamie Lee Curtis Is perfect for fans of contemporary YA, Christian Riccio, and Morgan Matson

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0310767318

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9780310767312

Pretty in Punxsutawney Educator's Guide

By: Laurie Boyle Crompton

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Pretty in Punxsutawney Educator's Guide

By: Laurie Boyle Crompton

Pretty in Punxsutawney Educator's Guide is a companion to Pretty in Punxsutawney by Laurie Boyle Crompton. This guide can be utilized in the classroom, in a home school setting, or by parents seeking additional resources. Ideal for grades 7-12.

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Freaky in Fresno Educator's Guide

By: Laurie Boyle Crompton

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Freaky in Fresno Educator's Guide

By: Laurie Boyle Crompton

Freaky in Fresno Educator's Guide is a companion to Freaky in Fresno by Laurie Boyle Crompton. This guide can be utilized in the classroom, in a home school setting, or by parents seeking additional resources. Ideal for grades 7-12.

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Adrenaline Crush

By: Laurie Boyle Crompton

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Adrenaline Crush

By: Laurie Boyle Crompton

When a daredevil teen pushes herself too far, she must choose between two boys: the one who wants to keep her safe, and the one who dares her to return to her old self.

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Macmillan

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0374300615

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9780374300616

Freaky in Fresno

By: Laurie Boyle Crompton

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Pretty in Punxsutawney

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Pretty in Punxsutawney

By: Laurie Boyle Crompton

A Groundhog Day meets Pretty in Pink mashup that tells the tale of a shy, introverted high school girl who must relive the first day of school over and over again until her first kiss can break the curse … she hopes. Andie is the type of girl who always comes up with the perfect thing to say … after it’s too late to say it. She’s addicted to romance movies—okay, all movies—but has yet to experience her first kiss. After a move to Punxsutawney, PA, for her senior year, she gets caught in an endless loop of her first day at her new school, reliving those 24 hours again and again. Convinced the curse will be broken when she meets her true love, Andie embarks on a mission: infiltrating the various cliques—from the jocks to the nerds to the misfits—to find the one boy who can break the spell. What she discovers along the way is that people who seem completely different can often share the very same hopes, dreams, and hang-ups. And that even a day that has been lived over and over can be filled with unexpected connections and plenty of happy endings. Pretty in Punxsutawney: Addresses topical issues of self-discovery, navigating cliques, and ignoring stereotypes Is an homage to beloved 80s movies, such as John Hughes’ The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, and Pretty in Pink Is the perfect gift for birthdays and high school or college graduation Will captivate young adult readers of all ages with its universal coming-of-age themes about struggling to fit in, navigating the tough high school years, first kisses, and first crushes 2020 YALSA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers

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0310762219

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Real Prom Queens of Westfield High

By: Laurie Boyle Crompton

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Real Prom Queens of Westfield High

By: Laurie Boyle Crompton

Smart satire and a rollicking good read!"—Jean Kilbourne, Ed. D, creator of "Killing Us Softly: Advertising's Image of Women" film series 5 News Press Release WESTFIELD Reality television is heading to high school! Watch the drama unfold as the three biggest nobodies in Westfield High's senior calls get a shot at becoming popular! Our hidden cameras will catch all the action as they vie for the ultimate label of acceptance and popularity—Prom Queen! It's no surprise to Shannon when she is voted least likely to be prom queen at Westfield High. That is until she's selected to co-star in a hidden-camera reality show, The Prom Queen Wannabes, and undergoes a complete makeover. Now the social hierarchy of the entire senior class is about to be turned upside down. But when Shannon uncovers proof that the beauty business can be awfully ugly, she must find a way to show her BFF and one true crush that underneath the fabulous makeover, she really hasn't changed. This prom night is about to shock everyone's corsages off.

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1402273487

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9781402273483

Blaze (or Love in the Time of Supervillains)

By: Laurie Boyle Crompton

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Blaze (or Love in the Time of Supervillains)

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Blaze is tired of spending her life on the sidelines. All she wants is for Mark the Soccer Stud to notice her. Not as Josh's weird sister who drives a turd-brown minivan. And not as that nerdy girl who draws comics. What she gets is her very own arch-nemesis. Name: Mark Deninger, aka Mark the Shark Occupation: Soccer star and all-around lady killer Relationship Status: Serial dater Group Affiliation: No loyalty Known Superpowers: Anti-girlfriend force field, breaking hearts Mark may have humiliated Blaze supervillian-style, but what he doesn't know is how geek girls always get revenge. #GeekGrlzRevenge

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1402273452

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The Denim Diaries

A Memoir

By: Laurie Boyle Crompton

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Freaky in Fresno Educator's Guide

By: Laurie Boyle Crompton

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Pretty in Punxsutawney Educator's Guide

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Love and Vandalism

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Love and Vandalism

By: Laurie Boyle Crompton

He calls it fate. She calls it blackmail. Rory has a secret: she's the vandal who paints graffiti lions all over her small town. If her policeman dad knew, he'd probably disown her. So when Hayes, a former screw-up on the path to recovery, catches her in the act, Rory's sure she's busted. Instead, he makes her a deal. If Rory shows him around town, he won't turn her in. It might be coercion, but at least the boy is hot. As they spend more time together, Rory worries she made the wrong choice. Hayes has a way of making her want things she shouldn't want and feel emotions she's tried to bury. Rory's going to have to distance herself from Hayes or confront a secret she can't bring herself to face...

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1492636061

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Adrenaline Crush

By: Laurie Boyle Crompton

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Adrenaline Crush

By: Laurie Boyle Crompton

Seventeen-year-old Dyna comes from a long line of risk-takers and is an avid thrill-seeker in her own right, until she takes a terrible fall and shatters her leg. Her life used to be about bike racing and rock climbing; now it's about staying home, except for attending physical and group therapy sessions at the bizarre alternative healing center her mom has chosen. Dyna's boyfriend saw her accident and supports her newfound desire for safety, but a young Iraq war veteran she meets at rehab challenges her to think about what she's really avoiding in her old life and to take chances again—even with her heart.

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0374300623

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Love and Vandalism

By: Laurie Boyle Crompton

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The Denim Diaries

The Denim Diaries

Freaky in Fresno

Freaky in Fresno

Pretty in Punxsutawney Educator's Guide

Pretty in Punxsutawney Educator's Guide

Freaky in Fresno Educator's Guide

Freaky in Fresno Educator's Guide

Adrenaline Crush

Adrenaline Crush

Freaky in Fresno

Freaky in Fresno

Pretty in Punxsutawney

Pretty in Punxsutawney

Real Prom Queens of Westfield High

Real Prom Queens of Westfield High

Blaze (or Love in the Time of Supervillains)

Blaze (or Love in the Time of Supervillains)

The Denim Diaries

The Denim Diaries

Freaky in Fresno Educator's Guide

Freaky in Fresno Educator's Guide

Pretty in Punxsutawney Educator's Guide

Pretty in Punxsutawney Educator's Guide

Love and Vandalism

Love and Vandalism

Adrenaline Crush

Adrenaline Crush

Love and Vandalism

Love and Vandalism

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