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  • A Royal Mess

    Tyne O'Connell

    eBook (Bloomsbury USA Childrens, Oct. 11, 2011)
    Calypso Kelly has finally joined the in-crowd at her exclusive English boarding school. She also just happens to be dating Prince Freddie himself! But balancing her social life, her prince, and her parents' visit to London proves to be more than Calypso can handle. Then, Freddie does the unthinkable and breaks up with Calypso--setting in motion a school-wide plan for a royal Counter Dump. Can Calypso win Freddie back just to break his heart? All is fair in love and war . . . except, of course, if you're in love with a prince!
  • A Royal Match

    Tyne O'Connell

    eBook (Bloomsbury USA Childrens, June 11, 2012)
    Can a normal American girl really catch a prince?When LA-born Calypso Kelly arrives at the exclusive all-girls British boarding school, St. Augustine's, she's determined to become popular. But when a photo of Calypso kissing England's heir to the throne, Prince Freddie, ends up in the tabloids, it will take quick thinking to save her reputation-and her relationship with the prince.After the tabloid disaster, Calypso hopes her next term at St. Augustine's will be better. But nothing could be further from the truth. Her archenemy (and culprit of the tabloid disaster) Honey O'Hare is her new dorm mate and her invite to the Annual Euro Royal Bash is nonexistent. Will a flirtation with a hot new sports star from the boys' school ruin her chances with Prince Freddie? Calypso has some work to do if she wants to go from pumpkin to princess in time for the ball.
  • True Love, the Sphinx, and Other Unsolvable Riddles: A Comedy in Four Voices

    Tyne O'Connell

    eBook (Bloomsbury USA Childrens, Oct. 1, 2012)
    American teenagers Sam and Salah lead fairly uncomplicated lives. They breeze through classes at their prestigious Manhattan high school, their friends all look up to them, and they've never had to put much effort into attracting girls. But when their class embarks on a field trip to Egypt, complications arise in the forms of Rosie and Octavia, two British beauties who won't be easily charmed. Amid luscious scenes of Egyptian culture and history, these four star-crossed lovers will endure mistakes, missteps, and plenty of misunderstandings before they can achieve their hearts' desires. Told from four alternating points of view, Tyne O'Connell's latest novel is both a fast-paced comedy of errors, and a heartfelt romance that proves sometimes the greatest complication of all is love.
  • Dumping Princes

    Tyne O'Connell

    eBook
    If you love Malory Towers you will love St Augustine's even more! Tyne O’Connell is the Enid Blyton of our day with her boarding school tales of St Augustine's, set right by Eton college & Windsor Castle, & for a dash of royal glamour, there is the very real possibility that you might be rooming with a princess or better still pulling A Prince!At St Augustines & nearby Eton College, attended by the Royal Princes, O’Connell gives teenagers everywhere the chance to experience the centuries old traditions of English Boarding Schools, with their midnight feasts, dorm raids & illicit trysts with boys along the bluebell pathways of ancient Puller's Woods.Best of all, readers get to experience this uniquely exclusive world of royals & privilege from someone whose lived it through her own & her three children's boarding school adventures.The St Augustine's boarding school series are must read classics for all ages. After all the boarding school action the series continues with the same characters at Oxford, London & into the Royal Castles where HRH Freds FAMED house parties offer a cheeky peak of the royals & friends at play.Calypso is an ordinary American teen, plunged into the extraordinary world of the ancient British Boarding School system with all its mad traditions & customs, surrounded by the daughters of international royalty & rock-stars. She may be able to rinse the Eades boys at sabre & dazzle the girls with a poster of her “fake Hollywood boyfriend” - but with the paparazzi lurking behind every hedge, her phone confiscated & the not-so-Honourable Honey O’Hare plotting against her, can Calypso manage to pull it off AND pull the Prince?“Funny exposé of It-girlschool life.” ELLE GIRL UK“A right royal read” THE MAYFAIR TIMES It is sure to have fans of the previous novels rolling on the floor laughing their royal crowns off. SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL, USASet in a fictional Eton College (Eades) where Princes William and Harry attended & the nearby St Mary’s Ascot School (St Augustine’s) attended by Princess Caroline of Monaco and which the author’s daughter was a pupil, Dumping Princes is the fourth book in the Calypso Chronicles series.After four years as the school misfit, Calypso Kelly has finally thrown off her label of American Freak and joined the in-crowd: the daughters and sons of Britain and Europe's Royals & Rock Stars. In this bonkers world where everyone’s titled, entitled or both, dorm raids, midnight feasts, illicit dashes to London nightclubs on the Sunningdale train and moonlit picnics in the infamous Pullers Woods that separates the two schools, the stakes are high. While her friends spend their time posting YouTube clips and manipulating the media with social networking, Calypso has won the national fencing trails and managed to pull Prince Freddie himself. When HRH (Freds) does the unthinkable and breaks up with Calypso, breaking the ancient lore that forbids any St Augustine’s girl from being dumped, it sets in motion a school-wide plan for a Royal Counter Dump. Can Calypso win Freddie back? And if she can will she be able to dump him?All is fair in love and war . . . except, of course, if you’re in love with a prince. Although entirely fictional, the Calypso Chronicle series give an accurate portrayal of the closed world of Royal teens, created feverish speculation and comparisons to actual royals and Aristocratic teens – specifically Prince William and Prince Harry – were inevitable. After a heated bidding war, Bloomsbury won the USA rights to the series at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2004. “Budding Anglophiles ….will soak up the flood of upper-class British culture in this book. Fans of Cecily von Ziegesar’s “Gossip Girl” series and Zoey Dean’s “A-List” series (both Little, Brown) should enjoy it”.– WASHINGTON COUNTY COOPERATIVE LIBRARY SERVICES “Give this to fans of Princess Mia and Georgia Nicholson as well as to readers of O’Conne
  • A Royal Match

    Tyne O'Connell

    Paperback (Bloomsbury USA Childrens, Feb. 15, 2011)
    Can a normal American girl really catch a prince?When LA-born Calypso Kelly arrives at the exclusive all-girls British boarding school, St. Augustine's, she's determined to become popular. But when a photo of Calypso kissing England's heir to the throne, Prince Freddie, ends up in the tabloids, it will take quick thinking to save her reputation-and her relationship with the prince.After the tabloid disaster, Calypso hopes her next term at St. Augustine's will be better. But nothing could be further from the truth. Her archenemy (and culprit of the tabloid disaster) Honey O'Hare is her new dorm mate and her invite to the Annual Euro Royal Bash is nonexistent. Will a flirtation with a hot new sports star from the boys' school ruin her chances with Prince Freddie? Calypso has some work to do if she wants to go from pumpkin to princess in time for the ball.
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  • A Royal Mess

    Tyne O'Connell

    Paperback (Bloomsbury USA Childrens, Oct. 11, 2011)
    Calypso Kelly has finally joined the in-crowd at her exclusive English boarding school. She also just happens to be dating Prince Freddie himself! But balancing her social life, her prince, and her parents' visit to London proves to be more than Calypso can handle. Then, Freddie does the unthinkable and breaks up with Calypso--setting in motion a school-wide plan for a royal Counter Dump. Can Calypso win Freddie back just to break his heart? All is fair in love and war . . . except, of course, if you're in love with a prince!
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  • Dumping Princes

    Tyne O'Connell

    Paperback (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Sept. 27, 2014)
    “Funny exposé of It-girlschool life.” ELLE GIRL UK “A right royal read” THE MAYFAIR TIMES UK “It is sure to have fans of the previous novels rolling on the floor laughing their royal crowns off.” SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL, USA If you love Malory Towers you will love St Augustine's even more! Tyne O’Connell is the Enid Blyton of our day, with her boarding school tales of St Augustine's, set right by Eton college & Windsor Castle, & for a dash of royal glamour, there is the very real possibility that you might be rooming with a princess or better still pulling A Prince! At St Augustine's & nearby Eton College, attended by the Royal Princes, O’Connell gives teenagers everywhere the chance to experience the centuries old traditions of English Boarding Schools, with their midnight feasts, dorm raids & illicit trysts with boys along the bluebell pathways of ancient Puller's Woods. Best of all, readers get to experience this uniquely exclusive world of royals & privilege from someone whose lived it through her own & her three children's boarding school adventures. The St Augustine's boarding school series are must read classics for all ages. After all the boarding school action the series continues with the same characters at Oxford, London & into the Royal Castles where HRH Freds FAMED house parties offer a cheeky peak of the royals & friends at play. Calypso is an ordinary American teen, plunged into the extraordinary world of the ancient British Boarding School system with all its mad traditions & customs, surrounded by the daughters of international royalty & rock-stars. Based on the author’s own children’s antics at boarding school, these books are like being let in on the sensational secret life of Britain’s teen aristocracy. In this bonkers world, where everyone’s titled, entitled or both - dorm raids, midnight feasts, illicit dashes to London’s hottest nightclubs on the midnight train & moonlit picnics in the infamous Pullers Woods that separates the two ancient schools, the stakes are high! While her friends spend their time posting YouTube clips & manipulating the media, Calypso has won the G.B. National Fencing trails & managed to pull HRH Prince Freds - floppy-haired heir to the throne. So when Freds does the unthinkable & breaks up with Calypso, breaking the ancient lore that forbids any St Augustine’s girl from ever being dumped, it sets in motion a school-wide scheme for a Royal Counter Dump. Can Calypso win Freddie back? And if she can, will she be able to dump him? An American Library Association QUICK PICK for Young Adults
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  • Pulling Princes

    Tyne O'Connell

    Hardcover (Bloomsbury USA Children's Books, Oct. 13, 2004)
    When Calypso returns from Los Angeles to her English boarding school for the summer term, she is determined to fit in with the popular crowd. Her plan is to pretend her mother's gay assistant back home is her boyfriend. And to her surprise, the trick works...at least at first. She makes a whole batch of new friends, and even finds herself winning the unwritten contest to woo the prince at the boys' school next door. But one girl, Honey, undermines all her efforts. When Calypso and Prince Freddy end up in the tabloids and everything seems set to go down the drain, it's Calypso's parents and sense of humor that save her from utter humiliation. A fast-paced, laugh-out-loud-funny look at fitting in while still standing out...
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  • Dueling Princes: The Calypso Chronicles, Book 3

    Tyne O'Connell

    Hardcover (Bloomsbury USA Childrens, Nov. 29, 2005)
    Dating Britain's royal Prince Freddie has made Year Eleven at St. Augustine's the best one so far for Calypso Kelly. Together with best friends Star and Georgina, and new chums Portia and Indie, LA-born Calypso at last seems to have everything she's dreamed of…or does she? With the national fencing trials coming up, balancing school, friendships, and a royal romance is a lot harder than she imagined. Something will have to give, but what―or whom―will it be? Picking up where Stealing Princes left off, this funny, fast-paced third book chronicling the life and times of Calypso Kelly will not disappoint.
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  • Stealing Princes: Book Two in The Calypso Chronicles

    Tyne O'Connell

    Paperback (Bloomsbury USA Childrens, April 18, 2006)
    How many fit boys can Calypso handle?Calypso has decided that Prince Freddie is the one for her, but does her new roommate, the privileged Lady Portia, also have designs on him? To make matters worse, Calypso's best friends Star and Georgina are no longer her roommates; they are living instead with Indie-a new student and a real princess! Poor Calypso is feeling left out. How could her plans have gone so horribly wrong? Readers who have been anticipating the next installment in the Calypso Chronicles won't be disappointed as Calypso takes on more boys, bunnies, and Brits in her hilarious and inimitable style!
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  • Pulling Princes

    Tyne O'Connell

    Paperback (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Sept. 29, 2014)
    Grab your tiara & valet for a Riotous Royal Romance behind the walls of Britain’s most Exclusive Boarding Schools. A tale of Toff-Teens & their Outrageous-Aristo-Antics. “Funny exposé of It-girl school life.” ELLE GIRL UK “If you have ever wondered what really goes on behind the locked gates of the ancient British Boarding Schools, this series holds the key.” @BookChitChat If you love Malory Towers you will love St Augustine's even more! Tyne O’Connell is the Enid Blyton of our day with her boarding school tales of St Augustine's, set right by Eton college & Windsor castle, & for a dash of royal glamour, there is the very real possibility that you might be rooming with a princess or better still pulling A Prince! At St Augustines & nearby Eton College, attended by the Royal Princes, O’Connell gives teenagers everywhere the chance to experience the centuries old traditions of English Boarding Schools, with their midnight feasts, dorm raids & illicit trysts with boys along the bluebell pathways of ancient Puller's Woods. Best of all, readers get to experience this uniquely exclusive world of royals & privilege from someone whose lived it through her own & her three children's boarding school adventures. The St Augustine's boarding school series are must read classics for all ages. After all the boarding school action the series continues with the same characters at Oxford, London & into the Royal Castles where HRH Freds FAMED house parties offer a cheeky peak of the royals & friends at play. PULLING PRINCES is set in a exclusive all girl’s boarding school near Windsor Castle close by is the fictionalised Eton College - as attended by Princes William & Harry - Pulling Princes is based on the author’s own children’s antics at boarding school - "A deliciously naughty insider’s guide to the midnight feasts, close friendships & romances of royal teenagers.” Book ChitChats Calypso is an ordinary American teen, plunged into the extraordinary world of the ancient British Boarding School system with all its mad traditions & customs, surrounded by the daughters of international royalty & rock-stars. But after three years of enduring the Terrible Toffs & Horrible Hon.s treating her like The American Freak, Calypso Kelly is determined to beat them at their own game by tricking them into believing she’s dating a hot Hollywood boy. She may be able to rinse the Eades boys at sabre & dazzle the girls with a poster of her “fake Hollywood boyfriend” - but with the paparazzi lurking behind every hedge, her phone confiscated & the not-so-Honourable Honey O’Hare plotting against her, can Calypso manage to pull it off AND pull the Prince? “Funny exposé of It-girl school life.” ELLE GIRL UK “Budding Anglophiles ….will soak up the flood of upper-class British culture in this book.” WASHINGTON COUNTY LIBRARY “A Right Royal Read!” MAYFAIR TIMES “Bridget Jones for the early teen set.”- WASHINGTON POST USA "Give this to fans of Princess Mia and Georgia Nicholson as well as to readers of O’Connell’s previous Pulling Princes." BOOKLIST, USA "It is sure to have fans of the previous novels rolling on the floor laughing their royal crowns off." SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL, USA “Outrageously funny and a serious contender for the teen chick-lit throne.” — THE BOOKSELLER on Pulling Princes.
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  • Dumping Princes

    Tyne O'Connell

    Hardcover (Bloomsbury USA Children's Books, Oct. 3, 2006)
    Dating Britain's Prince Freddie is bliss as far as Calypso Kelly is concerned. Which is why she is appalled when her friends at the posh St. Augustine's School for girls decide to chuck their boyfriend and concentrate on …their studies? Then Freddie does the unthinkable--he breaks up with Calypso--setting off a chain of events that includes a school-wide plan for a Counter Dump. But with her first international fending competition coming up in Italy, and a captivating new boy showering her with attention, Calypso will have to search her heart to decide whether to give her prince another chance, or to give him up for good.
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