name: CONFESSIONS OF 
AN ANGRY GIRL series: the confessions series (book 1) main character: ROSE ZARELLI location: UNION, CT AGE: HIGH SCHOOL FRESHMAN likes: MUSIC RUNNING dislikes: WAR
 

The Confessions series: book 1


Freshman Rose Zarelli has rage issues.


First of all, her father lost his job, took work as a contractor in Iraq...and never came home.


Second, she likes the wrong guy and his super-intense, scary cheerleader girlfriend is now her nemesis.


Third, her fashionista best friend, Tracy, is suddenly infinitely cooler than she is—and talking about losing her virginity. (What?!)


Rose is ahead when it comes to studying for the PSAT, but she’s so far behind socially that she might as well be moving backward. She needs Tracy’s help choosing the right clothes, she likes all the wrong extracurricular activities, and she can’t even make a decision about which photo of her father to put on the memorial website she’s making (and hiding from her adolescent-shrink mother).


With her brother away at college and her mother always locked in her office with her messed-up teen patients, Rose struggles to get through each day without inflicting bodily harm on anyone. 

 
 ROSE’S TOP-TEN PATTY GRIFFIN NEKO CASE FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE WHITE STRIPES BLACK KEYS YEAH YEAH YEAHS PUBLIC ENEMY PEARL JAM DEVENDRA BANHART KATY PERRY  photos, doodles, whatev   
name: CONFESSIONS OF AN ALMOST-GIRLFRIEND series: the confessions series (book 2) main character: ROSE ZARELLI location: UNION, CT AGE: HIGH SCHOOL SOPHOMORE likes: SINGING dislikes: family therapy
 ROSE’S playlist “Cherry bomb,” the runaways “Moses,” Patty griffin “Kids,” Sleigh bells “FIREWORK,” KATY PERRY “KARMA POLICE,” RADIOhead “My moon, my man,” Feist “Mine,” Taylor Swift “BE italian,” nine “hometown glory,” Adele “Whatever lola wants,” Damn yankees “I wish I was the moon,” Neko Case “Love the way you lie,” Eminem “rehab,” amy winehouse “Raise your glass,” P!nk “kiss them for me,” 
Siouxsie and the banshees  Photos, Doodles, whatev   

The Confessions series: book 2


Rose Zarelli has big plans for sophomore year—everything is going to be different. This year, she’s going to be the talented singer with the killer voice, the fabulous girl with the fashionista best friend, the brainiac who refuses to let Jamie Forta jerk her around...


...but if she’s not careful, she’s also going to be the sister who misses the signals, the daughter who can only think about her own pain, the “good girl” who finds herself in mid-scandal again (because no good deed goes unpunished) and possibly worst of all...the almost-girlfriend.


The motto for sophomore year? When all else fails, stop looking for love and go find yourself.