Bücher von Iva-Marie Palmer

Two are star-crossed--but three are unscripted in Larry Schwarz and Iva-Marie Palmer's Romeo, Juliet & Jim, book 1 of this YA trilogy.Romeo and Juliet seem to have it all. They are heirs to the two greatest and oldest fashion houses Paris has ever seen, the rival houses of Montague and Capulet. They live in stunning mansions, attend glamorous parties, count celebrities and supermodels among their closest friends. Yet the one thing they want most they can't have-each other. Juliet is tired of a clandestine relationship. She wants to run off together and escape. Enter Jim, a mysterious American who swoops in and befriends the young lovers. But who is Jim, really? Once Romeo and Juliet find out that their new friend has his own troubling connections within their world, all three of them have a lot to figure out. And with all that's at stake, there's more--Juliet and Jim are falling in love. Can Romeo win back his lover's heart? Or will Juliet and Jim rewrite the ending of the world's most famous love story?A Christy Ottaviano Book

One part Judy Blume, one part Amy Schumer, Gimme Everything You Got is incredibly warm, bracingly frank, and laugh-out-loud hilarious. I didn't want the game to end. Katie Cotugno, New York Times bestselling author of 99 Days It's 1979the age of roller skates and feathered bangs, Charlies Angels and Saturday Night Feverand Susan Klintock is a junior in high school with a lot of sexual fantasies . . . but not a lot of sexual experience. No boyat least not any she knowshas been worth taking a shot on. That is, until Bobby McMann arrives. Bobby is foxy, hes charming . . . and hes also the coach of the brand-new girls soccer team. Sure, hes totally, 100 percent, completely off limits. Sure, Susan doesnt stand a chance. But that doesnt mean she cant try out for the team to get closer to him, and Susan Klintock has always liked a challenge. Between the endless drills and grueling practices, Susan discovers something else: She might actually love soccer. But being a part of the first girls team at school means dealing with other challenges.As friendships shifts, she finds her real passions might lie in places she didnt expect when the season beganand that discovering who she is will mean taking risks, both on and off the pitch.Love. Lust. Soccer.Acclaimed author Iva-Marie Palmer returns with a fresh, funny, feminist coming-of-age comedy about learning to take your shot on the things that truly matter.