S-Recommended for senior high school students. The contents are of particular interest to young adolescents and their teachers. After three teen-oriented novels with Orca Books, she published the first novel in a fantasy trilogy for young. J-Recommended for junior high school students. It was followed by Crush (2006) see review. Orca Book Publishers, 2006 - Juvenile Fiction - 106 pages. Mac has taken a delicate and controversial topic and put it into a story that many teens will relate to. Anyone who has ever felt derailed will relate to Hope's confusion and resultant desire to get back on track. Why does she want to kiss Nat? Is she a lesbian because she wants to hang out with Nat? Why does her world feel upside down? This super-fast read covers Hope's journey through a new chapter in her life. While working for the couple as a nanny, Hope meets a young lesbian named Nat and confusion sets in. She learns her new friend is a lesbian and lives with her partner in a swanky brownstone townhouse. On the plane to New York, Hope befriends a woman with infant twins. Hope really misses her loving, hippie parents, and living with her mean sister makes her miss them even more. Hope explores New York City with her older sister while their parents spend two months in Thailand.

Crush by Carrie Mac