Erin Soderberg Downing


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Books for Tweens & Teens - Written as Erin Downing



MOON SHADOW



Ages 8 & up



Ever wonder what would happen if - in one tiny twist of the earth - someone else was suddenly living your life with you? Someone who looks like you, sounds like you, but acts like...who?


Something strange happened to Lucia Frank on the night of her thirteenth birthday, the night of a total lunar eclipse. Though she doesn't remember much, Lucia knows something strange is going on - for in the days that follow, Lucia spends her waking hours feeling as though she has a bit of catching up to do...with herself.


At first, Lucia is desperate to figure out what happened to her that night so she can understand why everything has been so outrageously off since. But then she hits a snag: Lucia starts to wonder if she wants to find answers. Because her life has been different since the eclipse - and the change isn't all bad. People have begun to treat her in a whole new way. Suddenly, Lucia is seen as the kind of girl who steps out of the shadows and shines...the kind of person she never thought she could be. Moon Shadow is the story of a girl on the outer orbit and the magic of a lunar eclipse that changed all that.


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Best Friends (Until Someone Better Comes Along)



Ages 8 & up



Isabella Caravelli is dreading summer. She doesn't want to spend a month at a remote lakeside resort with her parents and the families of her dad's coworkers, especially when she discovers that two of the kids go to her school. She thinks Bailey and Ava are awful - and they're not exactly thrilled to see Izzy, either. Izzy has been their tormentor, the leader of the pack of girls who made their first year of middle school so unpleasant.


Once Izzy discovers that the other kids at the resort have been spending their summers together for years and she's the outsider, she realizes she's going to have to change her bossy, stubborn ways if she wants to fit in. Bailey and Ava turn out to be kind and welcoming, and Izzy actually begins to like hanging out with them.


But when summer ends, Izzy realizes that things are probably going to be different when they get home. Ava and Bailey were great summer friends - but are they really forever friends? Can Izzy prove that she really does have the potential to be a true friend? Or is she stuck playing the mean girl forever?


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A Funny Thing About Love



Ages 12 & up



A Bind-Up of Three YA Romantic Comedies!


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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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.


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SPACEPOP: Not Your Average PRincesses & Rocking the Resistance



Ages 8 & up



Five galactic princesses go into hiding when the evil Empress Geela invades their home planets and captures their parents. Athena, Luna, Rhea, Hera, and Juno decide they can't stand by and watch Geela destroy their homeworlds! Five awesome makeovers later, the girls form a band called SPACEPOP to spread the rebel message of freedom and resistance through music. But when the princesses are recruited as secret agents, can they keep their true identities under wraps?


This middle-grade adventure series includes two full-color illustrated graphic novel sections in each book. The perfect series for readers who love fashion, music, friendship, and fun!


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For Soccer-Crazy Girls Only



Ages 7 & up



"To be a great soccer player, you must be in love with the game." - Mia Hamm


Do you love lacing up your cleats for the first game of the season - and do you love it even more when they're caked with mud after the game? Are there many nights when you dream about kicking the ball, and watching as it soars through the air toward the goal? Would your perfect day include hours on the soccer field? Do you love to watch people play, soaking up everything you can from other soccer-crazy players? Have you ever felt like your soccer team is a second family? Then you're definitely soccer-crazy...and this book is definitely for you!


From training techniques formations and strategies - this book has it all!


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ART CREDITS:
Great Peach Experiment Design/Art: Michelle Cunningham
Controlled Burn / Just Keep Walking/What Happened Then: Oriol Vidal
Just Like Home: Johanna Tarkela
Puppy Pirates Covers: Luz Tapia / Interiors: Russ Cox
Daring Dreamers Club: Anoosha Syed