Best Selling Books by Cherie Bennett

Before the legend ... Before the icon ... There was the teenager named Clark Kent ... Another action and teen-issues packed visit to the weird mid-western town of Smallville - home of a teenager who is destined to save the world, but right now is just trying to get his head around homework and girls. Look out for: Arrival by Michael Teitelbaum; See No Evil by Cherie Bennett and Jeff Gottesfeld; Flight by Cherie Bennett and Jeff Gottesfeld; Animal Rage by David and Bobbi Weiss; Speed by Cherie Bennett and Jeff Gottesfeld; Buried Secrets by Suzan Colon; Greed by Cherie Bennett and Jeff Gottesfeld; Control by Susan Colon; Shadows by Diane Gallagher; Silence by Nancy Holder; Curse by Alan Grant; City by Devlin Grayson

Fifth in the Sunset Island series. Emma, Sam, and Carrie have just completed their first semester in college. Making new friends, studying, and meeting cute guys made the last few months hectic, and the three friends are more than ready to reunite for the Christmas break.

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.

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.

Emma, Samantha, and Carrie--three young adults away from home for the first time in the ultimate summer job--experience thrills and challenges that teenagers everywhere can relate to.

The Flirts get a recording deal with Polimar Records. Everyone gets back together for one more tour, and their lives may be changed forever.

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?

After Sam is fired from her job as au pair for the Jacobs'', she desperately starts searching for a new one so she can stay on Sunset Island.

An exciting new title in the continuing story of three girls away from home, working the ultimate summer job--on Sunset Island. For Carrie, a guy like Billy only comes around once, so when he has to leave the island to run his father''s business, Carrie desperately hopes their love can survive.

When Sam wins a role in a Boadway show, her friends Carrie and Emma follow her to New York with new jobs as a photographer''s assistant and model.

As she is searching for her brith father, Sam discovers he is one of the recently released Israeli hostages and that he never knew about her.

Come to Sunset Island -- the fourteenth book in the series about Emma, Samantha, and Carrie -- away from home in the ultimate summer job.

Sam quits the band she worked so hard to join to form a dance act with a handsome newcomer to the island.

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)

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

Four teenage girls in Tennessee form a band, look for boys and make it through high school.

YA. Samantha is delighted when the owner of a boutique asks her to design some outfits for the store, while Carrie and Emma embark on their own business enterprise selling perfume.

Spending the holidays at Emma''s aunt''s vacation house in the Vermont White Mountains, the band members of Flirting With Danger are hired to perform a promising gig, until Erin''s laryngitis places Diana on lead vocals. Original.

The acclaimed author of the "Sunset Island" series kicks off a new four-part miniseries about a gawky teenage girl who dreams of becoming beautiful. Callie Bailey finds a black meteorite that turns her into a stunning girl, but when that leads to betrayal of her sister, she tries to find her way back to her true self.

Sam asks Carrie to marry him so he can get a green card and stay in the U.S. Should Carrie say yes?

Sam enters the Miss Sunset Island Pageant. Carrie has been hired as the official pageant photographer.

Come to Sunset Island in Sunset Surf, the exciting 12th book in the bestselling series about Samantha, Emma, and Carrie--away from home in the ultimate summer job. The girls go to San Francisco for the weekend, where Emma falls for Sam''s new-found brother Adam. But what about Kurt?

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.

Sam, Emma, and Carrie celebrate Christmas--Hawaiian Style. Totally bummed out by plastic Santas and irritable holiday crowds, Carrie, Emma, and Sam pack up their sunblock and bikinis and head for a super Hawaiian Christmas--complete with coral reefs, luaus, and of course romance. Includes a special preview of Sunset After Dark (Berkley 3/93).

When Carrie''s boyfriend Billy asks her to move to Seattle with him, she''s faced with the most difficult decision of her life. She doesn''t want to drop out of Yale, yet she can''t bear the thought of losing Billy. Then Carrie seeks the advice of a fortune teller, and starts relying on her for all life''s answers. Now friends must convince Carrie to make her own decisions.

Sam, Carrie and Emma get parts as extras in a new slasher movie being filmed on Sunset Island.

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.

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.

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.

Darcy has a little ESP, and decides to check out the testing center on campus.

Return to Sunset Island with the eighth book in the popular series about three girls and the ultimate summer job. After he sees some of her photographs, a publisher approaches Carrie with an offer to do a photo essay of the island. Carrie''s dilemma: should she give him truth or beauty? For she is discovering quite another side to this paradise.

Everyone''s eyes are glued to TV''s trashiest talk show. But the real dirt is behind the scenes. Someone is making a secret video to expose the truth behind "Trash". Now, hard-nosed exec Rosanne is out for revenge--and one of the interns will pay. Meanwhile, Sky will stop at nothing to get the woman of his dreams. Even if she''s dating his best friend. And just when Lisha thinks she''s finally free from the past, a surprise phone call brings her terrifying news.

For four Pageant books, readers have followed the drama of the regional competitions. Now the moment of truth is finally here--as the finalists prepare for the chance they''ve all been waiting for--the national Miss Teen Spirit title.

Four very different girls from the Midwest--Molly, Sarah, Shylo, and Pepper--confront their own individual problems and fears, build new friendships, and follow their own dreams as they compete for the coveted title of Miss Teen Spirit.

Young Clark Kent, having inadvertently landed the lead in the school play, becomes concerned when mysterious accidents befall several cast members.