Carter, Ally. I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You. New York: Hyperion books. 2006.Annotation: They speak 14 languages, but they don't know how to talk to boys. They are students at the Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young Women. While the name implies the epitome of snooty girls’ private school, it is anything but. A school that trains you to be a spy...like James Bond but for girls. They have all the high-tech gadgets, they can blend and infiltrate anywhere, hack any database, mix deadly poison. But there is one code they can't crack.
Justification for Nomination: This isn't your typical romance novel where you find a damsel in distress. It takes place in a private high school for young girls. A compelling young adult book that features appeal to adventure, action, and romance readers. Here and there it could also fill the coming of age or edgy/problem genre. The characters deal with lots of emotions and the typical idea of who am I? These geniuses don't have the social skills to talk to boys. This book fills the romance genre because one character falls in love with a boy out of her league and totally off limits. Is she willing to risk it all for love? This book is from a series. It reminds me of what it was like to be that age, the panic feeling of talking to a crush. Hoping that he too felt the same way. Readers will be able to connect to the characters and relate to their emotions. It might even bring up past crushes. For me I wished I was in the story because it would be cool to be able to learn fourteen different languages, and learn high tech, top security codes for such agencies as the CIA. I really enjoyed this book and I think anyone who is attracted to adventure will too.
Genre: Romance, mystery, action, adventure, coming of age, edgy/problem
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