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Reading level: Young Adult Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: Razorbill (March 4, 2010) BOOK DESCRIPTION: THE TRANSFORMATION Beth has always been “The Beast”—that’s what everyone at school calls her because of her awkward height, facial scars, and thick glasses. Beth’s only friend is geeky, golden-haired Scott. That is, until she’s selected to be her choir’s soprano soloist, and receives the makeover that will change her life forever. THE LOVE AFFAIR When Beth’s choir travels to Switzerland, she meets Derek: pale, brooding, totally dreamy. Derek’s untethered passion—for music, and for Beth—leaves her breathless. Because in Derek’s eyes? She’s not The Beast, she’s The Beauty. THE IMPOSSIBLE CHOICE When Beth comes home, Scott, her best friend in the world, makes a confession that leaves her completely torn. Should she stand by sweet, steady Scott or follow the dangerous, intense new feelings she has for Derek? THE HEARTBREAK The closer Beth gets to Derek, t...

We had another good week. We received for review: THE CINDERELLA SOCIETY (ARC) by Kay Cassidy MERLIN'S HARP (ARC) by Anne Eliot Crompton SING ME TO SLEEP by Angela Morrison (ARC from International Book Tours) From Swapping we picked up: DARKWOOD by M.E. Breen THE HIGHWAYMAN'S FOOTSTEPS by Nicola Morgan SECRET WHISPERS by V.C. Andrews THE SKY IS EVERYWHERE by Jandy Nelson We purchased: HOURGLASS by Claudia Gray THE CINDERELLA SOCIETY: Sixteen-year-old Jess Parker survives by staying invisible. After nine schools in ten years, she's come to terms with life as a perpetual new girl, neither popular nor outcast. At Mt. Sterling High, Jess gets the chance of a lifetime: an invitation to join The Cinderella Society, a secret club of the most popular girls in school, where makeovers are the first order of official business. But there's more to being a Cindy than just reinventing yourself from the outside, a concept lost on Jess as she dives tiara-...