Goddess Games by Niki Burnham

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Synopsis

Three girls. Three fates

One summer they will never forget.

Seneca always gets what she wants. But this time she's reaching for the impossible.

Drew, an elite athlete, is training hard...and running from her past.

Claire seeks salvation from a mistake she can't erase and a secret she's desperate to protect.

Thrown together as roommates at the luxurious mountain spa where wach has landed a summer job, at first Seneca, Drew, and Claire can only see their differences. But if they're going to make it through the summer, they'll have to learn to get along. These unlikely friends may want nothing to do with one another, but fate has another plan....

Julianna M. HeltCopyright 2006 Reed Business Information. - School Library Journal

Gr 9 Up
Three teens arrive at King's Crown Resort and Spa in Colorado to work for the summer. Claire is a local trying to overcome her party-girl image and turns to God for comfort through a difficult time, but she is rejected by the other girls. Seneca is the daughter of a formerly A-list actress who is struggling to stay on the inside of the Hollywood elite. Drew, an avid runner, has come to train in the thin mountain air, hoping to get an edge on the competition back home in Kansas. The girls, forced together as roommates, clash over everything from bathroom privileges to boyfriends. Tension builds among them and they fight to maintain peace in their small cabin as each one struggles with her own secrets and personal dramas. Not surprisingly, they overcome their differences, become friends, and ultimately share what's going on in their lives. The tired premise offers nothing new or original here. The author spends a great deal of time developing the characters and their separate story lines without focusing on the plot that holds the teens together. The scenes of their fighting and baring their souls are filled with trite dialogue, making for unbelievable teenage angst. For fun summer reads, stick with Ann Brashares's "Sisterhood" books (Delacorte) or Jodi Lynn Anderson's Peaches (HarperCollins, 2005).

Biography

Niki Burnham is the RITA Award-winning author of several books for

teens, including Scary Beautiful, Sticky Fingers, and the

popular Royally Jacked series about Valerie Winslow. Originally from

Colorado, she now lives in Massachusetts. You can find her online and

post to her bulletin boards at www.nikiburnham.com.