Belles

Name: Belles
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Jen Calonita
ISBN: 9781455128532

Author: Jen Calonita

Narrator: Julia Whelan

Unabridged: 9 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Published: 04/10/2012

Categories: Children's Fiction

Synopsis

Isabelle Scotts life may not be easy, but she loves it. She is a star swimmer and lifeguard, has great friends, and has been spending the summer with Brayden, a cute surferthough theyre just friends. But her grandmother, with whom shes lived since her mother died five years earlier, is declining quickly, and Izzies whole world is upended. Shes whisked away from the poor, rough neighborhood where she grew up to live with her aunt, uncle, and cousins in the exclusive Emerald Cove. Mirabelle Monroe leads a charmed life: her father is a former baseball star about to run for the United States Senate. Shes popular and beautiful and has a super cute jock boyfriend. But when her cousin, Izzie, comes to live with her family, her well-ordered world starts to unravel. It doesnt help that Miras best friend and queen bee, Savannah, hates Izzie from the start, maybe because Izzie seems to be so close to Savannahs boyfriend, Brayden. And Mira doesnt know whether to choose her friends and status at school or her family. As Izzie and Mira try to navigate their new lives, family secrets are dug up and the girls learn what friends and family truly mean.

About Jen Calonita

Jen Calonita is a former entertainment editor at a teen magazine who started out her career chronicling backstage life at concerts with Justin Timberlake and interviewing Zac Efron on film sets. The award-winning author of the Secrets of My Hollywood Life series and the Belles series, she lives with her husband, two sons, and their Chihuahua, Captain Jack Sparrow, in Merrick, New York. For more information, visit jencalonitaonline.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Giselle on April 05, 2012

This was a breath of fresh air for me. Just what I needed to get a nice breather from dark paranormals. Belles gives us a delightful read with loads of personalities and jaw dropping schemes. Imagine living a quiet life in a bad part of town, when you're suddenly whisked away to live with your senat......more

Goodreads review by Tiff on August 29, 2012

Jen Calonita has a way of getting into your head and making her books can't-put-down-ers. Belles is no exception. While the premise is a predictable fish-out-of-water story (poor girl suddenly gets rich and has to deal with snobby people), Calonita never lets that stop her from creating a rich chara......more

Goodreads review by Mimi on April 03, 2012

I've always been more of a paranormal or fantasy girl (preferring made up worlds to our boring old realistic one), but I think that this was exactly the kind of contemporary book that I've been looking for to get me back into the genre — and I kind of want to hug it for that! Belles zeroes on the liv......more

Goodreads review by Lea on April 03, 2012

Belles was one of those books that pulled me in and wouldn't let me go until the very last chapter. From the first couple of pages, I was completely sucked into Isabelle Scott's story and the world of Mira Monroe. I seriously could not get enough! Isabelle "Izzie" Scott is just a down-to-earth kind o......more

Goodreads review by Emily on March 16, 2013

Belles is an entertaining read. The characters and settings are vibrant, and there is a good, strong message about being yourself, not judging, and having guts. I am looking forward to the next book. Belles starts off by meeting Izzie Scott and Mira Monroe (Also known as Isabelle and Mirabelle). Izzi......more