Books with title LA Nina Invisible: The Invisible Girl

When poor Boston girl Stephanie is abandoned by her abusive mother and taken in by Annie?s Beverly Hills family, she feels anything but home. Her dark complexion and accent stick out like a sore thumb in the golden-hued world of blondes and extravagance. These are girls who seem to live life in fastforward, while Stephanie is stuck on pause. Yet when a new rival moves to town, threatening Annie?s queen-bee status, Stephanie finds herself taking sides in a battle she never even knew existed, and that feeling invisible is a wound that can only be healed by standing up for who she is. Brilliant newcomer Mary Hanlon Stone delivers a compulsively readable insider?s view of growing up in a world where money and privilege don?t always glitter.

When poor Boston girl Stephanie is abandoned by her abusive mother and taken in by Annie?s Beverly Hills family, she feels anything but home. Her dark complexion and accent stick out like a sore thumb in the golden-hued world of blondes and extravagance. These are girls who seem to live life in fastforward, while Stephanie is stuck on pause. Yet when a new rival moves to town, threatening Annie?s queen-bee status, Stephanie finds herself taking sides in a battle she never even knew existed, and that feeling invisible is a wound that can only be healed by standing up for who she is. Brilliant newcomer Mary Hanlon Stone delivers a compulsively readable insider?s view of growing up in a world where money and privilege don?t always glitter.

This is a story that encourages children to take the initiative, to actively participate in life, and to make room for shy friends. In the text we hear a young girls thoughts throughout one day and we see the world through her eyes. She seems to be invisible because everyone around her is busy with their own needs and activities and don't acknowledge her presence. In fact she is just very shy and unable to reach out, participate, and make herself known to others.

Rule #1 of falling in love with the girl you left behind: This time, stay. Even when said girl is the one pushing you out the door. Ten years ago, Nate Madison left Gulf City when his parents divorced, splitting up their family. He never expected to return, to have to face everyone he left behind. When he crashes in the most important surf competition of his career, it takes away the one thing he’s always relied on, a love for the ocean. And he isn’t sure he wants it back. Broken, he returns to the last place he remembers feeling safe, the last people who loved him. Only, none of them are the children they were when they last parted. Not his two siblings. Not the girl next door, the one who’d been his best friend, his everything. Samantha Reed thinks she’s invisible, that no one sees the girl beyond the illness clouding her days. But he does. The more time Nate spends letting Sam heal the rift between him and the sea, the more he realizes all he sees is her. When his old life comes calling, will he have to choose between Sam and the future he always saw for himself?Beware of strong girls overcoming struggles, cute surfer boys, and definite beach envy.The Gulf City High series:Jesse and the Ice PrincessRoman and the Hopeless RomanticSpencer and the Younger GirlNate and the Invisible Girl

When poor Boston girl Stephanie is abandoned by her abusive mother and taken in by Annie?s Beverly Hills family, she feels anything but home. Her dark complexion and accent stick out like a sore thumb in the golden-hued world of blondes and extravagance. These are girls who seem to live life in fastforward, while Stephanie is stuck on pause. Yet when a new rival moves to town, threatening Annie?s queen-bee status, Stephanie finds herself taking sides in a battle she never even knew existed, and that feeling invisible is a wound that can only be healed by standing up for who she is. Brilliant newcomer Mary Hanlon Stone delivers a compulsively readable insider?s view of growing up in a world where money and privilege don?t always glitter.