girlfriend material
by Melissa Kantor

Kate's mom has dragged her off to Cape Cod for the summer even though Kate was convinced this would be the best summer of her life at home in Salt Lake City practicing tennis and taking a writing class.  The one positive of this trip is that she would get to see Sarah, daughter of her mother's best friends, a girl she had a great time knowing several years ago.  Unfortunately,  Sarah let Kate know within one minute of seeing her that she really wasn't interested in being friends. 
            Kate has never had a boyfriend before and really doesn't consider herself "girlfriend material."  When she meets Adam at the club, she begins to have a different opinion of herself, and summer at Cape Cod suddenly seems like a good idea.  Told in Kate's entertaining voice, Girlfriend Material is typical chick lit which would border on silly if it weren't for the serious background story of Kate's parents' possible divorce and the struggles of a first love.  This is a quick fun read which most girls will enjoy.  On this year's Texas Lone Star list.    --reviewed by Mrs. Sams