Erin Downing, Author Erin Downing, Author
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Books for Teens & Tweens

(If you're looking for books for younger readers, please visit my other website: www.erinsoderberg.com.)

None of the Regular Rules

Ages 12 & up

Sometimes, a few dares can change lives…

The weekend before the start of senior year, Sophie Erickson and her best friends, Ella and Grace, discover a handwritten list of dares tucked away in the glove compartment of Sophie’s beat-up old Toyota. But this isn’t just any list; it’s a dead girl's bucket list.

Sophie's beloved aunt Suzy died as a teenager in a fatal fall, leaving Sophie with an overly cautious family, a few fading photographs, and a bucket of bolts that barely passes for a car. But now, Sophie has Suzy’s list of the things she wanted to do in her last year of high school. Sophie can't help but wonder: What would happen if she tried to fulfill Suzy’s last wishes, to live out the longed-for life of her aunt, her hero?

As Sophie and her friends attempt to knock off the things on Suzy's list of dares, love blossoms in unexpected places and Sophie begins to feel that her life is finally coming together...when in fact, everything is slowly unraveling around her. When the truth about a long-held family secret threatens to shatter everything she believed to be true, Sophie is forced to question everything she knew about the life and people she believed in, and ultimately herself.

"Beautifully written and hilarious, with a charming lost soul of a boy whom readers will fall in love with." - Jennifer Echols, award-winning author of Going Too Far and Such a Rush

"The heat between [Sophie and Johnny] is so great that if it wasn't an e-book, I'd be expecting the pages to catch fire. Sophie is a wonderful main character but Johnny is seriously swoon-worthy, and gets more so every time he's on the page." - YA Yeah Yeah

"A refreshing contemporary YA that makes for a great light read with a lot of realness to it." - Love, Literature, Art, & Reason

"Johnny is simply crusherific! His quirky personality and escapades are different from the typical 'hot macho bad boy' lead males we get to love so often. You will fall in love with Johnny Rush, I promise." - SupaGurl Books

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Kiss It

Ages 14 & up

Chastity Bryan has never been shy about going after what she wants. And when sexy, mysterious, so-not-from-this-town Sebastian walks into Chaz’s life, she knows in an instant that what she wants next is him. Chaz has no intention of playing for keeps — but she most definitely has intentions. Who needs true love when you’ve got true lust?

Sebastian has no idea what he’s in for — but maybe neither does Chaz...

From THE BULLETIN: "[Kiss It] is a contemporary version of the book that Judy Blume wanted "Forever" to be — a book of good sex and good memories for an assertive girl who knows what she wants and goes after it with gusto and without apology."

From Children's Literature: "[Kiss It] is a great read. It is lighthearted even in dealing with heavy issues... Chaz has a great voice — she is funny, sarcastic, confident, and determined."

From School Library Journal: "Chastity is a likable protagonist, and her tongue-in-cheek observations are funny and smart. Her running commentary on the absurdity of small-town life sets a playful mood."

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A Funny Thing About Love: Three Book Collection

Ages 12 & up

Three girls. Three adventures. Three chances at love.

In Dancing Queen, Olivia can’t believe it when she lands an internship at a hot music television station in London! But she really has to pinch herself when she captures the heart of a mega pop star. Is he the right one for her?

In Prom Crashers, Emily has lost the number of the cutest guy she’s met in ages. All she knows is his first name and that he’s going to a prom. So she throws on a dress, hails a limo — and crashes every prom in town on her search for love!

In Drive Me Crazy, Kate’s not happy when hot-but-he-knows-it Adam crashes her all-girls road trip. But it’s a long way to the lake house, and the road to Love sometimes takes an unexpected turn....

From the first look to the final kiss, this collection has three stories for you to fall in love with.

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Drive Me Crazy

Ages 12 & up

Kate’s tote is packed and she’s ready for a road trip! She and her two best friends, Sierra and Alexis, are geared up for a week of fun and freedom on the road to their family lake houses in Love, Wisconsin. Best of all, when Kate reaches Love, she’ll be reunited with Lucas, with whom she shared a steamy end-of-summer kiss last year. Kate can’t wait to see Lucas again and pick things up exactly where they left off.

Then Kate gets some seriously bad news: Alexis’s sarcastic, condescending, hot-but-he-knows-it cousin is crashing the girls’ road trip. Adam bugs Kate in every possible way. Now Kate just wants to get the road trip over with so she can spend the summer in Lucas’s arms. But the road to Love is full of surprises…

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Prom Crashers

Ages 12 & up

It was love at first sight for Emily and Ethan. But then Em lost his number and, with it, all hope of finding a real boyfriend before the end of senior year. All she knows about Ethan is his first name, that he has a supercute smile, and that he's going to a prom this month. Which high school? That's anyone's guess....

Em enlists the help of her three best friends, who quickly score formal wear and hail a limo. Together, Emily, Charlie, Max, and Sid vow to find Ethan, to find a cure for senioritis, and most important, to find true love - one hilarious prom night at a time.

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Dancing Queen

Ages 12 & up

It's official. Olivia is a superfreak. Sure, she may have landed the hottest internship at an ubercool TV music station. And yes, she's chilling with A-listers in London all summer. But when she meets her very first pop star, she gets caught in a revolving glass door and falls smack down on her bum - all in one quick motion.

Luckily, Rocker Boy thinks Liv's quirks are adorable. He takes her clubbing at the hippest spots! Liv may be clumsy on solid ground, but on the dance floor she sparkles. The summer's just begun and she's already captured the spotlight - and a celeb's heart, too. Now if only she were sure he's the right guy...

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Books for Tweens

Best Friends (Until Someone Better Comes Along)

Ages 9-12

Isabella Caravelli is beautiful, stubborn, and perfect...or so people say. But she's actually a lot less confident than people think, so the idea of spending a month at a lakeside resort with her parents and some of her dad's new coworkers and their families is *really* not in her comfort zone! But it's even worse when she discovers that two of the kids, Bailey and Ava, go to her school. Truth is, she hasn't always been...well...*nice* to them.

Izzy quickly discovers that the other kids aren't impressed by her, and she's going to have to change if she wants to fit in. She even begins to realize that Bailey and Ava are nice and could be great friends. Izzy knows that things are probably going to be different when they're back home. Can the three be forever friends? Or is Izzy stuck playing the mean girl forever?

Available April 8, 2014 wherever books are sold!

Juicy Gossip

Ages 9-12

Jenna Sampson, perfectly normal seventh grader and editor of the school newspaper, is mortified. Her parents are opening a super-embarrassing juice bar at the mall. Jenna has to work there . . . and wear a ridiculous uniform. She's pretty sure her life can't get worse, until she finds out that the school paper might shut down.

But the gossip Jenna overhears from the juice bar is totally newsworthy, which gives her a great idea. A gossip column could be a huge hit and save the paper - or cause a ton of trouble!

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