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The Flower Power books follow the funny fifth-grade adventures of four girls with little in common but their flower names who nevertheless blossom into the greatest of friends Katie-Rose Milla Yasaman and Violet have confronted their share of challenges in fifth grade a dead hamster turtle theft trapeze lessons and pesky boys just to name a few Nothing can stop these four fabulous friends Well nothing except for their archnemesis the evil Modessa aka Medusa Somehow Modessa has recruited one of the sweetest girls in the class to be her new sidekick The flower friends are determined to save Elena even if it means braving Modessas wrath But it will also mean getting Katie-Rose to focusshes a bit too busy NOT flirting with cute-but-annoying Preston And then theres Yasamans little sisters birthday bubblegum party which the four friends promised to organize if its possible to call anything involving kindergartners organized Luckily Violet is back to herself and ready to lead the Flowers to their most glorious triumph With mean girls romance and tons of fifth-grade drama this critically acclaimed friendship series shows that author Lauren Myracle has her finger firmly on the pulse of tween girldom Booklist Praise for Awesome Blossom The girls giggle-worthy antics and enough dangling plot threads will keep readers wanting more --Kirkus Reviews Shining example of themes and language parts of the story are told in IMs e-mails and chat messages that will cut straight to the heart of tween girls --Booklist.
About the Author
Lauren Myracle is the author of numerous young adult novels. She was born in 1969 in North Carolina. Lauren Myracle holds an MA in English from Colorado State University and an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Vermont College. she has written many novels, including the famous IM books, ttyl, ttfn, and l8r, g8r. Her first novel, Kissing Kate, was selected as one of ALA's "Best Books for Young Adults" for the year 2004. It was named by Booklist as one of the "Top Ten Youth Romances" of the year, as well as one of the "Top Ten Books by New Writers. " Her middle-grade novel, Eleven, came out 2004, followed by its YA sequels (Twelve, Thirteen, Thirteen Plus One) .
