Bøker av Melanie Hooyenga

Being a bully isn't all it's cracked up to be. Sixteen-year old Brianna had everything she wanted: money to ski all over the world, underlings to do her bidding, and parents who gave her every freedom-as long as she played by their rules. But when she's busted shoplifting and assigned to the Chain Gang, she ditches her shallow ways and realizes being herself is easier than manipulating people. Forced to partner with kids she'd never dream of befriending, including Xavier, a boy who makes her pulse go into hyperdrive, Brianna vows to be a better person. Breaking Old Brianna's habits isn't easy, but her infatuation with Xavier-someone her parents would never approve of-motivates her to keep trying. Even when he convinces her to trade her swanky skis for a beat-up snowboard. Brianna lets go of her need to control everything and finally starts to feel free-until her past threatens to jeopardize her first real chance at love. She discovers balancing on the edge is as challenging in life as it is in snowboarding, and when a new friend is in trouble, Brianna must decide between the superficial things that used to be her world and putting her friend's safety before herself.

Junior year's looking up for sixteen-year old Mike. Her new BFF isn't a sadistic control freak, her boyfriend adores her, and she's learning to bike in the mountains without decapitating herself on a tree.Well, almost.When she meets a group of riders who welcome her into their pack, she feels like she's finally found where she belongs. One particular rider-a boy with an amazing smile and an even more amazing ability to see what she's truly capable of-gives her the confidence to go after what she wants: her own life with her own rules.There's only one problem-he's not her boyfriend.Just as things seem to be falling into place, her parents put on the pressure to figure out her future-one that doesn't include riding. Mike soon realizes that having everything isn't that great when she's not the one choosing it. She needs to decide if she's going to continue to be a follower or step out of the shadows and find her own trail.

The new boy. The quiet girl. Will they find love during the solar eclipse? Neb Connelly has looked forward to the solar eclipse for as long as he can remember. When his only friend in his new town invites him on a school camping trip to watch it, he's there. And only 67% of his wanting to go is because of the quiet girl on the group text his friend started. She gets his jokes, doesn't mind when he geeks out about the eclipse, and for the first time in months, he's ready to chase more than the sun. Recently single Sage Winters fears she's too damaged for love, but her self-help-loving best friend drags her on a "path of self-healing" - which apparently includes going camping with twenty classmates to see the solar eclipse. And Neb, who she's never met but whose silly space jokes turn her insides to mush, will be there. But when they finally meet in person, another girl stakes her claim on him. Does Sage run the other way to save her heart, or risk it all for a chance at happiness with this space boy? Book one in the Campfire Series, Chasing the Sun, is a lighthearted romance with space puns, Portland shenanigans, and enough feels to totally eclipse your heart.