E. Lockhart

Are you ready to dive into the hilarious and heartfelt world of Ruby Oliver? As a senior in high school, Ruby is experiencing all the ups and downs that come with growing up. She's busy interviewing her friends for a documentary about love and popularity, but guess what? While she's trying to figure out everyone else, she starts uncovering some surprising truths about herself and her own life! Ruby is known for being a bit neurotic and very talkative, but she's also incredibly funny and resilient. You'll follow her as she navigates tricky friendships, attempts to understand her complicated love life, and grapples with big decisions like college applications. Her parents are squabbling, her reputation might be a little messy, and sometimes she feels like she's losing her mind, but through it all, Ruby never loses her amazing sense of humor. Join Ruby as she learns to survive and even thrive amidst the chaos of senior year. This engaging story is full of relatable moments about friendship, romance, and finding your way, even when things feel a little deranged.

Do you ever feel like an outsider, even in a place where everyone is supposed to be unique? That's how Gretchen Yee feels at the Manhattan School for Art and Music. While other students stand out with their special talents, Gretchen sits by herself, sketching Spider-Man, secretly crushing on a guy named Titus, and wishing she understood boys better. What do guys really talk about? What are they truly like when girls aren't around? Gretchen makes a bold wish: to be a fly on the wall in the boys' locker room, just to get a peek into their mysterious world. And guess what? Her wish comes true! Suddenly, Gretchen has a unique opportunity to learn everything she ever wanted to know. But will getting exactly what you wish for really give you all the answers, or will it create even more questions about friendship, crushes, and finding where you belong? Dive into Gretchen's surprising adventure as she navigates the confusing world of high school relationships from a truly unique perspective.

Welcome to the beautiful Sinclair family. They are wealthy, privileged, and absolutely perfect on the outside. Every summer, they gather on their private island off the coast of Massachusetts to soak in the sun and ignore anything unpleasant. For Cadence, summer means reuniting with her cousins and her first love, Gat. Together, the four teenagers are known as the Liars. But during their fifteenth summer, something terrible happens. Cadence suffers a mysterious accident, leaving her with severe migraines and a massive gap in her memory. When she finally returns to the island two years later, everything has changed. The adults are whispering, the Liars are acting strange, and the island is thick with unspoken tension. Desperate to understand what happened to her, Cadence begins to piece together the fragmented memories of that fateful summer. As she digs deeper into the family's flawless facade, she uncovers a web of secrets, hidden motives, and devastating lies. This gripping, atmospheric mystery will keep you guessing until the very last page. Just remember the one rule: if anyone asks you how it ends, you have to lie.

Jump into a busy school year with Ruby at Tate Prep! Ruby has lots of friends, and they are always up to something. Noel might be writing notes, Jackson loves to share frogs, and Gideon is super helpful in the kitchen. Finn even makes delicious brownies! Sometimes things get a little silly, like when Ruby encounters some seriously smelly feet. But Ruby also has an important job defending the rights of pygmy goats, and she's helping with a fun bake sale. Join Ruby as she navigates all the fun and friendship in her exciting school life!

Sarah, who prefers her fabulous showbiz name Sayde, has dreams far too big for her small, conventional Ohio town. She craves the razzle-dazzle of the stage and desperately wants to be the center of attention. This summer, she and her flamboyant best friend Demi are finally getting their chance to shine at Wildewood, a highly prestigious theater camp. Leaving their boring town behind, the two friends dive headfirst into a whirlwind season of gold lame, jazz hands, and intense musical numbers. But summer drama camp is about much more than just perfecting a song and dance routine. Surrounded by equally talented and ambitious teens, Sayde quickly discovers that the spotlight is fiercely competitive. Amidst the hissy fits, raging hormones, and unexpected romances, Sayde must push her talents further than ever before to prove she belongs. As the rivalry heats up and the pressure mounts, the ultimate test will not just be about securing a leading role, but whether her friendship with Demi can survive the intense glare of the stage lights.

Imogen is a runaway heiress, an orphan, a cook, and a cheat. Jule is a fighter, a social chameleon, and an athlete. They share a fierce, obsessive friendship that binds them together. But right now, Jule is on the run, hiding out in luxury hotels and using Imogen's name. So, where is the real Imogen? To find the truth, you have to go backward. Told in a brilliant, mind-bending reverse chronology, this psychological thriller peels back the layers of a toxic friendship and a desperate quest for reinvention. Month by month, the story rewinds from the sun-drenched beaches of Mexico to a fateful, secretive summer shared in a sprawling house on Martha's Vineyard. As the timeline ticks backward, the dark secrets between the two girls are slowly dragged into the light. If you love unreliable narrators and stories that keep you constantly guessing, this gripping mystery will pull you in immediately. You will find yourself piecing together a puzzle of ambition, jealousy, and deception. How far would you go to become someone else? The answer lies at the very beginning—which is exactly where this story ends.

At fourteen, Frankie Landau-Banks was just a mildly geeky girl in the Debate Club, known mostly as her father's innocent little bunny rabbit. But by the time she turns fifteen, Frankie has transformed. Now armed with a knockout figure, a razor-sharp tongue, and a noticeable chip on her shoulder, she catches the eye of a gorgeous senior, Matthew Livingston. Everything seems perfect until Frankie discovers Matthew is keeping a massive secret: he belongs to a highly exclusive, all-male secret society at their competitive boarding school. Frankie is no longer the kind of girl who takes no for an answer, and she certainly refuses to be left out just because she is a girl. Knowing she is smarter than Matthew and his elite friends, she decides to take matters into her own hands. Operating in the shadows, Frankie secretly infiltrates the society and begins orchestrating their mediocre pranks, elevating them to legendary status. But as her schemes grow more ambitious, Frankie must decide how far she is willing to go to prove her brilliance, risking her relationship and her reputation to become a true mastermind.

Junior year at Tate Prep is off to a remarkably rocky start for newly licensed driver Ruby Oliver. Her social life is currently in shambles: her former best friend Kim is ignoring her from all the way in Tokyo, Cricket refuses to speak to her, and the boy who caused most of this mess, Jackson, is completely out of the picture. Left with only her therapist, Dr. Z, to confide in, Ruby realizes she needs a serious change of pace. Determined to survive the brutal social hierarchy of her high school, she throws herself into a brand-new job and unexpectedly forms a quirky, unlikely friendship with a clean-living vegetarian classmate. Along the way, she continues her highly scientific research for The Boy Book, documenting every confusing, hilarious, and frustrating detail about the male species. As she navigates the tricky waters of new crushes and old grudges, Ruby begins to discover that there is actually a whole world waiting for her outside the suffocating bubble of Tate Prep.

Have you ever thought about things that aren't quite real? In the book "Fake" by E. Lockhart, you'll get to wonder about what's true and what might just be pretend. It's a chance to use your clever mind to look for clues and discover the difference. This story encourages you to think deeply and trust your instincts. You'll explore the idea of being genuine and how important it is to understand what's real around you. Get ready for a journey that will make you ask big questions about authenticity and appearance!

An unexpected invitation to a crumbling seaside sanctuary changes everything for Matilda. She has never met her father, the visionary and reclusive artist Kingsley Cello. So when a letter arrives out of the blue inviting her to spend the summer at his estate, Hidden Beach, she jumps at the chance to finally understand where she comes from. But the coastal home holds far more shadows than answers. When she arrives, Kingsley is nowhere to be found. Instead, Matilda is greeted by a house full of strangers and secrets. There is Meer, the openhearted brother she never knew existed; Brock, a former child star wrestling with his own dark past; and Tatum, a brooding and wild presence who makes it clear Matilda is not welcome. Desperate for the truth, Matilda begins to dig into the twisted history of Hidden Beach. But in a house where everyone has something to hide, uncovering the truth might be the most dangerous game of all. Blood may be thick, but at this estate, the lies run even deeper.

Welcome back to the Sinclair family. They were always liars. Long before the tragic events that shattered a generation, there was another summer filled with secrets, sorrow, and unforgivable mistakes. It is 1987, and the Sinclair sisters are spending their days on a windswept private island off the coast of Massachusetts. Surrounded by a hungry ocean and the suffocating expectations of their wealthy family, the girls are desperate for an escape. When a group of unexpected visitors arrives on the island, the carefully maintained illusion of Sinclair perfection begins to crack. At the center of the chaos is a fiery, addicted heiress and an irresistible, unpredictable boy who threatens to upend everything. As the hazy summer days bleed into restless nights, loyalties are tested, and devastating betrayals are set into motion. In a world where appearances are everything, the truth is a dangerous thing to uncover. This scandalous and layered mystery reveals the dark origins of the Sinclair family's generational trauma, proving that some secrets are powerful enough to haunt a family for decades.

Fifteen-year-old Ruby Oliver is currently seeing a therapist, and before you jump to any conclusions, you should know she has had a spectacularly terrible week and a half. In just ten days, Ruby has managed to lose her boyfriend, alienate her best friend Kim, and completely isolate herself from the rest of her social circle. If that was not enough, she also suffered a terrifying panic attack, failed a math test, lost a crucial lacrosse game, and became the subject of some highly unflattering bathroom graffiti. Now a total social outcast with absolutely no one to sit with at lunch, Ruby is trying to figure out exactly where everything went so wrong. To make sense of her chaotic life and unravel the tangled web of her high school disasters, Ruby starts making lists. Specifically, she begins chronicling every boy she has ever had the slightest interaction with. As she reviews her romantic history and friendship missteps, Ruby attempts to survive the brutal halls of high school, reclaim her sanity, and maybe even find a way to laugh at the absolute mess her life has become.

If you could live your life over again, what would you choose to do differently? After a near-fatal family catastrophe and a devastating romantic breakup, Adelaide Buchwald finds herself tumbling into a summer of wild, infinite possibilities. Instead of moving forward on a single path, Adelaide experiences multiple versions of her reality. In different possible worlds, she falls in and out of love in entirely different ways. She is a girl full of intense contradictions: she desperately wants to be rescued, yet fiercely craves her independence. She is charming but deeply miserable, a liar who absolutely despises dishonesty, and someone who loves both genuinely and completely wrongheadedly. As she navigates these splintered realities, Adelaide must confront the heavy secrets she has been keeping from everyone around her. She is forced to examine her own complicated ideas about romance, family, and the strange grandiosity of the human mind. This inventive and philosophical journey explores the terrible, wonderful problem of loving other people, showing how every choice we make creates a whole new universe of consequences.

Sixteen-year-old Willow Zimmerman is tired of her run-down Gotham City neighborhood being ignored. When she is not on the streets protesting City Hall, she is working nights at the local dog shelter or struggling to care for her sick mother. Desperate for money to pay for her mother's critical medical treatments, Willow turns to an estranged family friend: the wealthy party promoter E. Nigma. Nigma offers Willow a lucrative job hosting private poker nights for Gotham's elite. Suddenly, she can afford the care her mother needs and gets a taste of a glamorous life she never imagined. But everything shatters when Willow and a loyal stray Great Dane named Lebowitz are brutally attacked by the monstrous Killer Croc. When Willow wakes up, she discovers she has developed incredible new powers and can actually understand Lebowitz. But her new abilities come with a dark realization about her benefactor. Uncovering that Nigma and his high-society friends are actually corrupt criminals, Willow faces an impossible choice. She must decide whether to stay loyal to the man who saved her family or use her newfound superhero abilities to protect her community.

Have you ever wanted to be a little bit mischievous? Meet the "Bad Girls"! These aren't just any girls; they're the ones who aren't afraid to try new things, even if it means getting a tiny bit messy or bending a rule here and there. But being "bad" to them means being brave, being true to yourself, and having a whole lot of fun along the way. Join these spirited friends as they navigate everyday adventures with a special twist. Whether it's a creative solution to a tricky problem, a clever way to liven up a dull day, or just sticking together through thick and thin, these girls show that sometimes, a little bit of playful rebellion can lead to the best discoveries. You'll laugh, you'll cheer, and you might even get some ideas for your own exciting adventures. Get ready to discover why being a "Bad Girl" isn't about being mean, but about being wonderfully unique and having the courage to forge your own path. It's a story full of humor, friendship, and the joy of being exactly who you are.

Jesse, Vicks, and Mel could not be more different, but they all share one desperate goal: they need to escape their suffocating small town. Sick of their everyday worries, family drama, and predictable routines, the three teenage girls decide to pack up and hit the highway for an unforgettable road trip to Miami. Told in alternating voices, their journey south is anything but a smooth ride. As the miles roll by, the girls encounter unexpected detours, hilarious mishaps, and moments that test the very limits of their friendship. Vicks is running from a complicated relationship, Jesse is hiding a secret that could change everything, and Mel is just trying to figure out how to break the rules for once in her life. Trapped in a car together, they are forced to confront the issues they left behind and the truths they have been hiding from each other. This sun-soaked adventure is a funny, heartfelt exploration of independence, self-discovery, and what it truly means to be bad when you are trying to find yourself.