The Tension of Opposites by Kristina McBride
**2010 Debut Author Challenge List** Reading level: Young Adult Hardcover: 288 pages Publisher: EgmontUSA (May 25, 2010) BOOK DESCRIPTION: When Tessa's best friend Noelle disappears right before the start of eighth grade, Tessa's life changes completely--she shies away from her other friends and stops eating in the cafeteria. Now, two years later, Noelle has escaped her captivity and is coming home, in one piece but not exactly intact, and definitely different. Tessa's life is about to change again as she tries to revive the best-friendship the two girls had shared before Noelle--now Elle--was kidnapped; puts up a futile resistance to the charming new guy at school; pursues her passion for photography while trying to build the bravado to show her photos to the public; and tries to balance her desire to protect and shelter Elle with the necessity to live her own life and put herself first. MY REVIEW: When Noelle Pendleton was kidnapped two years ago the horrible ...