Geek Girl by Cindy C. Bennett is a charming story of high school angst and love between a really nice guy (the kiss of death, right?) and a foster child who's been moved from family to family so many times that she's essentially numb. At first the span between them looks enormous until readers get a glimpse of their hearts.
Bennett not only makes a girl whose bad attitude should repulse readers sympathetic, but also makes the budding love believable. Jen is a character whom every mother will want to pull into a hug and reassure that everything--primarily high school and her teenage years--will be all right.
