Friday, June 15th, at 11am EST, on Teen Talk, we have two great guests lined up for you!  First up is the legendary Melody Carlson talking about several new releases and their related topics.

The Best Friend Lishia Vance is totally baffled. One day she has friends. The next day everyone has turned against her. No explanation. Just complete social isolation. Even her best friend Janelle isn't giving her the time of day. Now she has one goal for her junior year at Kingston High: make a new best friend.When Lishia makes a connection with Riley Atkins, a popular cheerleader, things start looking up. But is Riley really as good a friend as she seems? Or is Lishia better off without her?
Trapped As straight-A student GraceAnn enters her senior year, the stakes feel higher, the stress is mounting, and after bad breakup with her boyfriend, her grades begin to slip. And grades that are less than perfect just aren’t acceptable. She knows that other kids cheat. After all, their cheating has made her life harder. But wasn’t it her turn to get a break? If she could get away with it—and no one got hurt—could she break the rules, just this one time? As GraceAnn's world slips sideways, she finds herself caught in a twisted trap. Will her one bad choice cost her everything?
JERK MAGNET When Chelsea Martin's future stepmother helps her transform from gawky and geeky into the hottest girl at her new school, Chelsea is pretty sure it's the best thing that ever happened to her. But her hot new look has a downside. She's attracting lots of guys who all have one thing in common: they're jerks. Oh, and stealing the attention of all the guys in school doesn't exactly make her BFF material for the girls. Finally a great guy catches her eye. But he's the only one around who doesn't give her a second glance. Can Chelsea come up with a plan to get his attention? Or will her new image ruin everything? Check out the new trailer.

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Then Laura Kurk will share the news about this month's LOLA award! Don't miss that!! You can take a peek at this month's On Hollywood post if you want to know NOW! :)

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Next up, Homer Hickam, New York Times bestselling author of the classic American memoir Rocket Boys (made into the movie October Sky), launches into Young Adult Fiction with Crater—the adventures of Crater Trueblood, a teenager who lives and works on the Moon mining Helium-3, a real energy source being developed in our times. In this futuristic coming-of-age thriller, Crater finds danger, courage, and a whole lot more—and Hickam has written a story from his boyhood imagination.

It’s the 22nd Century and there is a desperate need to produce a new energy source for the war-weary people of Earth. The best fuel is Helium-3—a precious element mined on the moon. Colonies of miners must live on the moon year-round to secure this hidden resource. Crater Trueblood is one of the miners, a teen doing his best to meet the Helium-3 quota set by the Colonel, the man in charge of Moontown. After winning recognition for an act of extreme bravery, Crater is tapped by the Colonel for a special mission. But it means he has to leave Moontown, the only home he’s ever known. He finds himself on an uncharted journey across the Moon to retrieve an object of immense value—yet shrouded in complete secrecy. Nobody mentioned the wide variety of creatures—human, sub-human, and unknown—that would try to stop him along the way, but with the help of his foster brother, Petro, and the Colonel’s beautiful but wily granddaughter, Maria, Crater is determined not just to complete his assignment—but to unlock the secret of the object that could save Moontown.

“Long-haul trucking on the Moon…with raiders, romance and a secret mission. … High adventure on the space frontier. The horse is a nice touch.” –Kirkus Review “Crater’s unwavering honesty sometimes obscures his fierce intelligence; both qualities serve him well. Written in tight prose with evocative descriptions of life on the moon, the story… concludes with enough resolution to satisfy readers and enough foreshadowing to make them eager for more.” –Publishers Weekly  

See the Crater promo and other moon videos at http://www.Helium3Novels.com/videos.html

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