Books by Sarah Grace McCandless

As a lowly freshman named for "e;The King,"e; Presley Moran walks high school corridors paved with the stuff of family legend. Her cousin Barry, a senior heartthrob and brainy varsity letterman, insists that looking good on paper is the key to success. But Presley's young aunt Betsi, a former homecoming queen, has her own ideas about good looks and how to use them. "e;Can you keep a secret?"e; Betsi asks Presley, who, at age fourteen, is eager for entre into the adult world of beauty, attraction, and romance. But as Presley is about to discover, some secrets should never be revealed. Will the illicit thrill of being a trusted confidante, privy to the details of muddled entanglements and incompatible desires, be worth the consequences of guilt by association? Propelled by the crash of falling idols, The Girl I Wanted to Be is a timeless and true portrait of passion, loss, and hard-won wisdom.

Seeking acceptance in her socially driven new hometown, Emma Harris struggles with the foibles of the privileged life as she ends a new best friendship, learns unwritten dress codes, vies for the attentions of a garage boy band, and survives the politics of divorce. Original. 50,000 first printing.