Books in Three Girls In The City series

From award winning author Jeanne Betancourt the 1st in a series telling the story of 3 girls who meet at a photo workshop in NYC and learn a lot about who they are - and what real friendship is.NYC, 2002. Three13 year-old girls meet at a summer photo class: Carolyn, fresh from Wyoming, motherless and scared; Joy, who has everything plus a bad attitude, and Maya from Harlem, strong, proud and surprised to find herself liking these 2 mismatched girls. Just as these 3 discover they're friends despite their differences, Carolyn's father decides to send her back 'home' to Wyoming. Then, in her first flush of street-smart confidence, Carolyn gets scarily lost on the subway - and it's Joy and Maya who find her - and show her dad that New York City is the home they've been looking for.

From award winning author Jeanne Betancourt the 2nd in the series about Maya, Joy and Carolyn, 3 unlikely friends who meet at a photo-workshop in Greenwich Village, NYC.Joy: Now living at her mom's full time. She thinks she'll have more freedom, no one watching over her and it will be great, right? Maybe, maybe not.Maya: Struggling with a difficult choice. Can she make her oldest friend Shana understand that their friendship has to grow -- or go?Carolyn: Still dealing with dad. His over-protective ways have her keeping secrets -- but now she's got the feeling he's keeping secrets of his own.Three friends sharing good times, adventures, everything.

The 3rd in the series about three very different New York girls who meet at a photo workshop and unexpectedly learn that they are friends. New series from award winning author Jeanne Betancourt.Carolyn can't bear the thought that her father is dating. How can he even try to replace her mother with someone new?Joy was just getting used to being the cool little rich girl. But what if she isn't going to be rich anymore? Maya's the sensitive one. So why didn't she know what Shana, her best friend forever, was going through?Runaway horses, poetry slams, family troubles; good times, brainstorms, hard questions: friendship, like the color black goes with everything.

The 3rd in the series about three very different New York girls who meet at a photo workshop and unexpectedly learn that they are friends. New series from award winning author Jeanne Betancourt.Carolyn can't bear the thought that her father is dating. How can he even try to replace her mother with someone new?Joy was just getting used to being the cool little rich girl. But what if she isn't going to be rich anymore? Maya's the sensitive one. So why didn't she know what Shana, her best friend forever, was going through?Runaway horses, poetry slams, family troubles; good times, brainstorms, hard questions: friendship, like the color black goes with everything.

The 3rd in the series about three very different New York girls who meet at a photo workshop and unexpectedly learn that they are friends. New series from award winning author Jeanne Betancourt.Carolyn can't bear the thought that her father is dating. How can he even try to replace her mother with someone new?Joy was just getting used to being the cool little rich girl. But what if she isn't going to be rich anymore? Maya's the sensitive one. So why didn't she know what Shana, her best friend forever, was going through?Runaway horses, poetry slams, family troubles; good times, brainstorms, hard questions: friendship, like the color black goes with everything.