Love on the Lifts

Gr 7–10—Your boyfriend was just caught kissing another girl. But you get to escape the embarrassment and post-breakup social slump by traveling with your family on an annual trip to the Galaxy Ski Resort. Your older and more experienced sister, Angie, has hatched a plan to help you get over your philandering boyfriend in less than a week: fall in love on the lifts or, at the very least, kiss a boy. As soon as you accept the plan as exactly the remedy your broken heart needs, Angie is plowed over by a skier and you have some choices to make. Should you stick with your sister while she recovers from her minor injuries or should you choose from one of the eleven different boys who could be a new romance? In this "Choose-Your-Own-Adventure"-style book, readers gets to select the path of the story by making decisions at various points in the plot's development. Ranging from a quiet day with her sister to a funny trip on the lifts with a handsome stranger, readers can experiment with the different results of each decision made by the main character. This is a quick, breezy tale with with very light character development. The interactive format is the true attention-grabber.—Lynn Rashid, Marriotts Ridge High School, Marriottsville, MD