Mistletoe by Hailey Abbott, Melissa de la Cruz, Aimee Friedman, Nina Malkin

From the Publisher

Glittering white snowflakes. The handsome blond ski instructor. The sparkle on a cashmere skirt. Hot cocoa and kisses in front of a crackling fire. The holiday season is the ESSENCE of magic...and romance. Four of today's bestselling teen authors -- Melissa de la Cruz (The Au Pairs), Aimee Friedman (South Beach), Hailey Abbott (Summer Boys), and Nina Malkin (6X) -- bring us delectable tales of love and lust and holiday cheers (and tears) in this one-of-a-kind collection that teens will devour faster than a plate of Christmas cookies.

Publishers Weekly

Four short stories center on love during the holidays, ranging from a Jewish girl who finds the guy of her dreams while working as a department store elf, to a supernatural story about a hot celebrity who learns what is really important one New Year's, after meeting a mysterious girl. Of this quartet with familiar themes (holiday loneliness, redemption in the new year), de la Cruz's twist on Gift of the Magi is perhaps the best of the lot. Her smart updates involve Jimmy Choo shoes and Kelsey's determination "to look just as good" as the rich snobs attending her friend Gigi's Christmas Eve/Sweet 16 party. Readers will sympathize with Kelsey, who overhears the rich girls making fun of her clothes, and will be touched when it's Kelsey who learns the lesson. Readers may well predict how each tale will end, but enjoy them just the same. Ages 13-up. (Oct.) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

Children's Literature

This collection of stories from four of the most popular young adult authors will be certain to get teens in the mood for holiday romance. In Friedman's "Working in a Winter Wonderland," Maxine (who's Jewish) reluctantly takes a job as a department store elf to get close to her crush and score the perfect dress for the New Year's Eve party, but ends up finding a most unlikely prince. In "Have Yourself a Merry Little Breakup," Abbott writes a story about a good girl about to commit the ultimate betrayal when she finds herself falling for her best friend's boyfriend just before the holidays. In a very LA kind of story, Malkin's "Scenes from a Cinematic New Year's," TV star Connor Moline makes a New Year's fresh start with a very natural, very un-Hollywood kind of girl. Finally, in "The Christmas Choos," de la Cruz updates "The Gift of the Magi" when social climber Kelsey must choose between impressing the girls in her clique with the perfect pair of shoes and buying the perfect gift for her boyfriend. As fluffy as a Christmas snowfall, these four flirty stories will appeal primarily to fans of these popular author's full-length novels.

School Library Journal

Gr 9 Up-This confection serves up a quartet of satisfying selections chock-full of relationship drama and perfect party dresses. With settings from New York to Hollywood, and from high-end department store to the neighborhood mall, these fast-paced stories contemplate the meaning of "that special someone" at Christmas and Hanukkah, be it a boyfriend, a best friend's boyfriend, a sibling, or a ghost. Laced with a liberal sprinkling of love, lust, and longing, this collection will leave readers seeking out the mistletoe themselves. Sparkling good fun for the holidays.-Teri Markson, Los Angeles Public Library Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

Details from Seller

• ISBN: 0439863686
• Publisher: Scholastic, Inc.
• Pub. Date: October 2006
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Comments from the Seller: Some wear on book from reading, some spine creases, wear on binding and pages, we guarantee all purchases and ship all items via USPS mail.