Lucy and Jesse have been best friends since they were four years old, but now that they are growing up life has become complicated. Lucy loves her home in the mountains and wants to live there forever. Jesse wants nothing more than to join the navy and leave their small mining town forever. Lucy’s father wants her to go to Boston and marry a man of proper standing and not one of the poor boys in the village. Jesse’s father wants him to stay and work the mines until he dies. With new love blossoming between them, Lucy and Jesse must decide what it is they really want most. This book is filled with angst, unexpected twists, and humorous moments—all the things that make a fantastic story.
Faker By Gordon Korman New York: Scholastic Press, 2024. Fiction. 214 pages. 12-year-old Trey is used to starting over at a new school -- he has the routine perfectly memorized: make new friends, introduce his dad to the wealthy parents of his new friends, and "Houdini" themselves out of there before they get caught running their latest scam. Trey's dad is a master con artist, and Trey has just been promoted to full-partner. Their new scheme for the next big score brings them to the affluent suburb of Boxelder, TN where Trey's dad has cooked up a fake electric car company for investors to buy into. The only problem is that Trey is starting to grow tired of moving around and never putting down roots, especially after forming a fast friendship with Logan and developing a crush on Kaylee, a socially conscious girl in his class. As Trey longs for a normal life, is there any way he can convince his dad to get out of the family business? Gordon Korman is a perennial favorit...
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