NBS recommends reads for teen girls

The Princess Diaries Collection

By Meg Cabot

P2,239

MANILA, Philippines - What’s a teenage girl from Manhattan to do when your father tells you that you are, in fact, a princess and heir to the throne of Genovia, a small European province. Suddenly Mia’s life is turned upside down, with hilarious consequences — especially when she has to start taking princess lessons. The books contained in this set are: The Princess Diaries; The Princess Diaries: Take Two; The Princess Diaries: Third Time Lucky, The Princess Diaries: Mia Goes Fourth, The Princess Diaries: Give Me Five, The Princess Diaries: Sixsational, The Princess Diaries: Seventh Heaven, The Princess Diaries: After Eight, The Princess Diaries: To the Nines, The Princess Diaries:

Gossip Girl: I Will Always Love You

By Cecily Von Ziegesar

P465

Blair, Serena, Nate, Dan, and Vanessa went off to live their lives.

Now they’re coming home for the holidays. A lot can change in a few months…but some things never do. With everyone back in the city for the holidays, this break is guaranteed to be filled with makeups, breakups, and shakeups. Let the games begin!

Eternal

By Cynthia Leitich Smith

P209

At last, Miranda is the life of the party: all she had to do was die. Elevated by none other than the King of the Mantle of Dracul, she goes from high-school theater wannabe to glamorous fiend overnight. Meanwhile, her guardian angel, Zachary, demoted to human guise as her personal assistant, has his hands full saving his girl’s soul while planning a fast-approaching Death Day gala. In alternating viewpoints, Miranda and Zachary navigate a cutthroat aristocracy as they play out a dangerous, diabolically witty love story for the ages.

Fallen

By Lauren Kate

P649

There’s something achingly familiar about Daniel Grigori. Mysterious and aloof, he captures Luce Price’s attention from the moment she sees him on her first day at the Sword & Cross boarding school in sultry Savannah, Georgia. He’s the one bright spot in a place where cell phones are forbidden, the other students are all screwups, and security cameras watch their every move. Even though Daniel wants nothing to do with Luce — and goes out of his way to make that very clear — she can’t let it go. Drawn to him like a moth to a flame, she has to find out what Daniel is so desperate to keep a secret . . . even if it kills her. Dangerously exciting and darkly romantic, Fallen is a page turning thriller and the ultimate love story.

Sphinx’s Princess

By Esther Friesner

P649

Nefertiti may be the dutiful daughter of a commoner, but her inquisitive mind often gets her into situations that are far from ordinary, like receiving secret lessons from a scribe. And she’s the kind of girl who acts first, and apologizes later whenever she witnesses injustice or cruelty. But she is also extraordinarily beautiful. And news of her striking beauty and impulsive behavior attracts the attention of her aunt, the manipulative Queen Tiye, who sees Nefertiti as the ideal pawn in her desire for power. Even though Nefertiti is taken from her beloved family and forced into a life filled with courtly intrigue and danger, her spirit and mind will not rest. She continues to challenge herself and the boundaries of ancient Egyptian society.