Gold Mining

Do you ever go to the library and find that book sitting their, looking all modest, and you pick it up, only to find that it sounds great? Do you read it, it's awesome and wonder why it's so under-rated?

Well, that's what happened to me, and I struck gold: Lost it by Kristen Tracy.

I started the first day of my junior year of high school zitless and basically happy. I was sixteen and feeling good. I didn't have any major issues. Okay, that's not entirely true. For weeks I'd been growing increasingly concerned about Zena Crow, my overly dramatic best friend. She'd been going through a rocky stretch and had been talking incessantly about building a bomb. Not a big bomb. Just one that was big enough to blow up a poodle.

What would you do...

...if your best friend were plotting the annihilation of a small, furry neighborhood poodle? Or if your parents up and moved to an Outward Bound-type survival camp in the middle of the desert? How about if your grandmother bought you new bras and underwear -- and you actually thought they were a teensy bit, umm, sexy?

Most people would not react well.

Tess Whistle's junior year of high school is off to a fairly bizarre start. One might even say her life is spiraling out of control. But with her sense of humor firmly intact and her first real boyfriend on her arm, Tess is dealing with the ridiculous twists quite well, thankyouverymuch.

Just wait until her shoes explode.

Hilarious, genuine and the perfect light read, Lost It is really under appreciated and deserves a bit of a spotlight - so here it is!

Have you read any books that are absolute gold, but not many know about? Tell me in the comments section, I'll reply and publish some of them on the blog. 

Plus, all her other books sound great - and the covers are awesome!