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Sofia comes from a family of storytellers. Here are her tales of growing up in the barrio in McAllen, Texas, full of the magic and mystery of family traditions: making Easter cascarones, celebrating el Dia de los Muertos, preparing for quinceañera, rejoicing in the Christmas nacimiento, and curing...

Philadelphia high school who doesn’t care about the prom. It’s pretty much the only good thing that happens there, and everyone plans to make the most of it—especially Ash’s best friend, Natalia, who’s the head of the committee and has prom stars in her eyes. Then the faculty advisor is...

Rex Zero's family is moving, again, this time to a different school district, and his old friends will probably forget he even exists. What's more, a trio of bullies is out to get him. Rex's wild and funny adventures continue as he stumbles into seventh grade, pretending to be someone he's not, and...

MAKE NEW FRIENDS AND KILL THE OLD.... Ariana Osgood has everything she's ever wanted. A place at elite Atherton-Pryce boarding school. Fabulous friends. A new crush. And most importantly, a new identity. Now that she's officially become Briana Leigh Covington, Ariana's troubled past is dead...

Homer’s Iliad, the classic tale of love and revenge, is shrewdly retold for teens in Troy High.   Narrated by Cassie, a shy outsider at Troy High, the story follows the Trojans and Spartans as they declare war on the football field. After the beautiful Elena—who used to be the captain...

Seventeen-year-old Rachel Hill is the girl most likely to succeed. And the girl most likely to have everything under control . . . that is, until her dad invites Nick McGowan, the cutest boy at school, to live with them. Rachel worries that this could only be a recipe for disaster, but her best friend...

Julie Braverman is the coolest person Julie Prodsky has ever met. During their freshman year (1981–1982) at the High School of Performing Arts in New York City, the previously unexplored world of flirting, freedom, and fashion is revealed to Julie P. through the eyes of her new best friend. Learning...

Now in paperback!   Meet Mary: She’s beautiful, she’s nice, and her ski star boyfriend is cheating on her. Meet Crystal: She’s a townie, she works at Mod Jeans, and she’s cheating with Mary’s boyfriend. Meet Sylvia: She’s nasty, she’s rich, and she’s got something up her Prada-designed...

No one saves us but ourselves. No one can, and no one may. When Ben is forced to move to the U.S., his whole world falls apart. He has to leave everything behind: his home, his friends and his girlfriend. In his new high school, everyone laughs at his French accent and the jocks beat him...

Meet Haley Miller. She’s a 15-year-old girl of average height, average weight, and an average sense of style. Installed in her first public high school, Haley faces the toughest choices of her young life. And guess what? She’s all yours. In this interactive novel, readers lead Haley through...

A spunky, contemporary novel about friendship, failure, and what happens when things don’t go according to plan, ideal for readers who like their heroines smart and strong—but not perfect. Nominated for Best Young Adult Novel by the 2017 RT Reviewers' Choice Awards! Danielle's plans...

How can you be a football genius if you don't know the rules of the game? Fifteen year-old Drew Hennings’ dream of playing quarterback for his local high school team and playing college football in the Ivy League ended when he got a serious concussion. Drew can’t play football anymore,...

'Please inform your father, Kate," said Annabel, still on her dignity, 'that I AM sensible.' Can Annabel persuade her best friend's father that she is indeed a fit and responsible person to go on holiday with Kate? Especially in view of the unfortunate episode of the Deputy Head catching...

In the first of these two long complete Annabel stories, the horrible Julia becomes the all-powerful Monitor of the school Band Room. Such is her reign of terror, Annabel is goaded into retaliation. Inspired by a story in an old comic that she saw the Deputy Head reading under her desk, she enlists...