New Releases by Cherie Bennett

Come to Sunset Island, the exciting first book in the new series about Emma, Samantha, and Carrie-away from home for the first time in the ultimate summer job! I definitely made the right decision-working here as a summer nanny. I''m away from my messed-up family, the island is beautiful, Samantha and Carrie are here, and we''re all working for terrific families. Then there''s Kurt. He''s handsome, sensitive, down to earth.... What if Kurt finds out the truth about me? Everything''s going to be great, I''d hate for anything to wreck it now. Wish me luck, OK? Emma.

When her minister mother gets her to join an abstinence group at church, seventeen-year-old ex-Minnesotan Natalie, still adjusting to the fast life in Los Angeles, feels like a total hypocrite, as she tries to keep a painful secret from everyone, including gorgeous teenaged television star Brett Goldstein.

When Natalie Shelton and her family move from Minnesota to Beverly Hills, more changes than their zip code. Natalie''s mom accepts a position as pastor with the Church of Beverly Hills—and Natalie''s along for the ride. Before she can blink, she''s living in a mansion once owned by Ricardo Montalban, going to school with hot young Hollywood stars, and partying in the park with kids who know no limits. It''s an amazing new life—but if she doesn''t watch out, Natalie could find herself seriously messed up. Natalie has values . . . but how long can she hold on to them?

Sixteen-year-old Lara, winner of beauty pageants and Homecoming Queen, is distressed and bewildered when she starts gaining weight and becomes a fat girl.

Entre l''enfant qu''il croyait être, et le "surhomme" qu''il est destiné à, devenir, il y a Smallville.., Chloé Sullivan a toujours su qu''elle n''occupait qu''une place de second rang dans la vie sentimentale de Clark Kent. Mais après avoir été accidentellement exposée à des particules de météorites vertes, elle devient soudain 1à concrétisation des fantasmes de tout jeune homme de Smallville normalement constitué. Même Clark l''inaccessible n''est pas insensible aux nouveaux charmes de Chloé. Et quand Lex Luthor, venu rendre visite à l''un de ses amis, est lui aussi irrésistiblement attiré par Chloé, ce qui n''était que de la fascination tourne rapidement à l''obsession. Le ".grand reporter" de Smallville pourrait bien apprendre à ses dépens que la beauté et la gloire ont un prix...

Six girls and guys are invited to be part of a reality television program in New York but the real drama goes on behind the cameras.

Six girls and guys are about to have one hot summer. They''ve been chosen to move to New York City and be interns on the new reality talk show Trash. But the real drama is going on behind the cameras. Features the first two books in the series: Trash Someone is making a secret video to expose the truth behind the Trash television show. Now, hard-nosed exec Rosanne is out for revenge--and one of the interns will pay. Trash: Love, Lies and Video Intern Karma is in love with the most gorgeous male intern at Trash, and he''s crazy about her--or is he mistaking her for someone else?

When Kate''s liberal-minded family moves from New York to a small town near Nashville, she joins an effort to replace the school''s Confederate flag symbol. Soon, Kate, her family, and new friends are pitted against each other in a bitter controversy.

Twelve years back, the sleepy town of Smallville was hit by a freak meteor shower. It left the survivors with scars ... and secrets. And it signalled the arrival of an alien child. He will become the most famed superhero of all time, but right now the teenaged Clark Kent has big problems just mastering his growing powers. Look out for more great Smallville titles: 1. Arrival by Mike Teitelbaum (Nov ''02) 2. See No Evil by Cherie Bennett and Jeff Gottesfeld (Nov ''02) 4. Animal Rage by David and Bobbi Weiss (Mar ''03)

Teenage Clark Kent secretly uses his super powers to find the perpetrator of several racial hate crimes in Smallville.

When Clark Kent and his friends serve as counselors at a summer camp for children from Metropolis and Smallville, Pete urges Clark to use his powers to play Robin Hood, even as Clark helps a camper cope with his own special power.

Sweet valley high series.

In one moment Nicole Burns''s life changes forever. The sound of gunfire at an Anne Frank exhibit, the panic, the crowd, and Nicole is no longer Nicole. Whiplashed through time and space, she wakes to find herself a privileged Jewish girl living in Nazi-occupied Paris during World War II. No more Internet diaries and boy troubles for Nicole-now she''s a carefree Jewish girl, with wonderful friends and a charming boyfriend. But when the Nazi death grip tightens over France, Nicole is forced into hiding, and begins a struggle for survival that brings her face to face with Anne Frank. "This is a powerful and affecting story." (KLIATT)

When her older brother, David, dies in an accident, Darcy feels responsible for his death. Then she meets the boy who received David''s heart in an organ transplant, and learns that life truly does go on.

In the fifth title of this series, Zoey is busy working on the cancer ward at Fable Harbor University Hospital, trying to take her mind off of Tristan, who broke her heart. When Zoey befriends a girl dying from cancer--and Tristan comes down with a mysterious illness--Zoey starts to realize her love life is the least of her problems. (May)

At Fable Harbor University Hospital, Zoey and Trisan are finally getting used to the hectic pace and they''re learning a lot and keeping busy even when they''re not on duty.

When she finds a magical meteorite shaped like a heart, Sue''s wish comes true as she is suddenly transformed from a theatrical flop to a gifted actress.

In this final book in the mini-series with a twist, a shy girl becomes an instant expert at attracting boys after finding a heart-shaped rock stuck in a thornbush underneath her window. Suddenly, she''s irresistible--to her best friends'' boyfriends.

A meteorite transforms Marilee Ellis into the richest girl in town but her boyfriend Adam loses interest in her.

When Colleen Belmont explores her past lives under hypnosis she discovers that on her eighteenth birthday she must make the right decision about the new boy in town -- or it might cost her her life.

Afer she and her family move into Canterville Chase, a supposedly haunted house, Gina finds herself torn between the aristocratic Jonathan Canterville and his arch-rival Thomas, a ghost who will do anything to keep Gina for himself. Original.

As the newly crowned Miss Teen Spirit and her runner-up tour America, they visit contestant reunions across the country and become caught up in the continuing dramas of their friends, including Pepper, who struggles to cope with a secret pregnancy, and Christy, who is threatening to write a pageant expose.

"Sirens are blaring. Passions are flaring. Things are really heating up at University Hospital"-- Cover.

The first in a series of hospital stories, this book is about five teen-aged students who follow their hearts and dreams in the world of medicine. As they shadow doctors and assist with medical procedures, they learn truths about life, love, and medicine.

"Zink is about true courage in the face of unpredictable predators. In an age where too many are quick to confront fears and differences with senseless violence, Zink exemplifies the importance of tolerance and acceptance. Imaginative, funny, and heartbreaking, this allegory features a pre-teen girl with leukemia and a herd of talking African zebras whom she meets when she is diagnosed with her life-threatening illness. The zebras include street-smart Ice Z, grandfatherly Papa Zeke and pompous Zilch, along with Shlep, a furry green monkey who''s certain he''s also a zebra. The zebras recount to her their legend of Zink, a mythical polka-dotted zebra once an outcast but later a hero. As Becky''s condition worsens and she is mistreated by some classmates, she zaps back and forth between real life and the zebra world, until the shattering, breathtaking, and uplifting climax."--Publisher''s description."

Molly, a brilliant and beautiful athlete; Sarah, an ugly duckling turned swan; Shylo, a hot MTV video come to life; and Pepper will do anything to win the Miss Teen Spirit pageant.

By the bestselling author of "Trash" and "Sunset Island" comes the third book in a new series about teenage girls and the competition and situations they face on the road to the national pageant. This novel introduces readers to the girls from the Northeast: Sierra, a rich girl in love with a poor boy; Kimber, a teenager with a shocking family secret; Tamara, a proud, strong young woman with a weakness for a playboy; and, Allison, a.k.a, The Virus, the winner of the Southern pageant, who wreaks havoc wherever she goes.