If Only You Knew: A Hotlanta Novel
If Only You Knew: A Hotlanta Novel
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Just the Series: Hotlanta Vol. 2   

Series and Publisher: Hotlanta   

Annotation: Wealthy and beautiful African American twins Sydney and Lauren both face boyfriend problems as they continue to delve into a murder mystery that somehow involves both their father and stepfather.
 
Reviews: 2
Catalog Number: #33160
Format: Perma-Bound Edition
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Copyright Date: 2008
Edition Date: 2008 Release Date: 10/01/08
Pages: 254 pages
ISBN: Publisher: 0-545-00309-1 Perma-Bound: 0-605-23125-7
ISBN 13: Publisher: 978-0-545-00309-4 Perma-Bound: 978-0-605-23125-2
Dewey: Fic
LCCN: 2007050723
Dimensions: 21 cm.
Language: English
Reviews:
ALA Booklist (Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 CDT 2008)

With their mother and wealthy stepdad, twins Lauren and Sydney have moved from public housing to a wealthy Atlanta subdivision and have transferred to an exclusive, private, predominantly African American high school. Though the children are twins, they are very different, and their alternating narratives reveal their scrappy relationship, their choice of friends and boyfriends, and their dreams. They both agree that Mom is embarrassing with her over-the-top materialism. There are also some dark secrets. Lauren loves Jermaine, who lives in the hood. She shuns their biological dad, recently released from prison, but Sydney sees him. Then there's a murder; is Dad a killer? The whodunit is never resolved, and though the fashion detail, with all the brand names, is fun, it will date quickly. What stays current are the dramas of family, class, friendship, dating, and, especially, the sisters' relationship.

School Library Journal (Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 CST 2009)

Gr 8-10 The privileged, African-American Duke twins of Atlanta are back. Thanksgiving is right around the corner and Sydney and Lauren should be focusing on planning their holiday bash, but instead they are preoccupied with attempting to clear their father's name in the murder case of Lauren's boyfriend's brother. All of their detective work has to be on the sly because by proving their father's innocence they just may be exposing their stepfather's activities. Is Altimus's used car business lucrative enough to keep the girls swathed in Gucci and Prada or is he involved in illegal activities? Uncovering the truth is not going to be easy, nor without consequences, for the sisters. The mystery element sets this story apart from other novels in the overdone subgenre of books about wealthy youth, and, even though it's a sequel, it stands on its own. Robyn Zaneski, New York Public Library

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ALA Booklist (Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 CDT 2008)
School Library Journal (Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 CST 2009)
Word Count: 54,958
Reading Level: 6.2
Interest Level: 9-12
Accelerated Reader: reading level: 6.2 / points: 9.0 / quiz: 126854 / grade: Upper Grades
Reading Counts!: reading level:7.6 / points:14.0 / quiz:Q45886
Lexile: 970L
Guided Reading Level: W
Designer clothes. Gorgeous boys. Family secrets. Major drama. The Duke twins and their fabulous Atlanta lives are back...proving why they don't call it Hotlanta for nothing!

Twins Sydney and Lauren Duke are the privileged princesses of the Atlanta social scene. But an unsolved murder mystery keeps drawing them back to the wrong side of town. There, wild child Lauren has to risk everything to protect the boy who's stolen her heart. And prim-and-proper Sydney discovers details about their family's past that no one-least of all the girls' fiercely guarded mother-wants to face. When the twins realize what they're up against, can they deal with the dark, dangerous truth

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