Gossip is juicier, secrets are bigger, and tensions are higher than ever in this riveting sequel to Balancing Act.Hot Lipz, everyone’s favorite–or least favorite–Chatter account is back at it, stirring up gossip among the rival schools in Da Icy City. Selena knows that it’s only a matter of time before she finds herself on the other end of the rumors—and she has a secret.While Selena sets out to uncover Hot Lipz’s true identity, Leesh is still reel...

Mina Mooney has a new worst enemy--her best friend. . .Summer is just around the corner, but things are already too hot to handle in Del Rio Bay. Mina's so sprung over Brian that she's having a hard time just thinking straight. So, she's not at all ready when her best friend Lizzie makes their clique swear to a year-long virginity pact. . .Now Mina and her crew are feeling way too much heat. Kelly is glad to take things slow with cute jock Greg--but ex-hust...

When best friends Tai and Mila are reunited after a summer apart, their friendship threatens to combust from the pressure of secrets, middle school, and the looming dance auditions for a new talented-and-gifted program.Fans of Renée Watson’s Piecing Me Together will love this memorable story about a complex friendship between two very different African American girls—and the importance of speaking up.Jamila Phillips and Tai Johnson have been insepa...

Mina Mooney is about to discover that when you're at the top, the only place to go is down. . .It's springtime in Del Rio Bay, and everyone's heading to the O.C. to catch the varsity cheer squad compete at the Extreme Nationals. Everyone's pumped, especially Mina Mooney, because making the elite squad has finally gained her entrance into the Upper Circle. Mina's psyched for the big show--and some unsupervised cuddle time with Brian. Best of all, her number-one enem...

It's junior year at Del Rio Bay High, and from near and far, the guys are taking center stage. . .Now that Mina's boyfriend Brian is off to Duke University, life in Del Rio Bay is lonely. And Brian's busy schedule as a Duke baller isn't helping. As the season heats up and the phone calls get fewer, Mina's insecurity increases--and so does Brian's impatience with it. But he's not the only guy in the clique dealing with craziness.Michael's passion for fashion has led to a cha...

This book is the outcome of an idea, and the idea is very simple. It is that the best way to understand the dramatic transformation any idea can bring and to successfully bring ideas across, is to think of them as profound insights and moments of clarity often disguised as wit, captured in one single Quote.Ideas and products and messages and behaviors spread faster when they carry your message in a single line or paragraph: a Quote.To feel the impact a Quote can have, here ...

**“Fun and juicy.”—**New York Times**“A solid story of summer growth and exploration.”—**Kirkus ReviewsMarigold Johnson is looking forward to a future full of family, friends, and fashion—but what will she do when it all explodes in her face? When she discovers that her entire life is a lie?Paula Chase, the author of So Done, Dough Boys, and Turning Point, explores betrayal, conformity, and forgiveness—and what it means to be family—in this ...

When being yourself isn't good enough, who should you be?Told in dual perspectives, this provocative and timely novel for middle-school readers by Paula Chase, the acclaimed author of So Done and Dough Boys, will resonate with fans of Jason Reynolds, Rebecca Stead, and Renée Watson.Best friends Rasheeda and Monique are both good girls. For Sheeda, that means keeping her friends close and following her deeply religious and ...

A Sweet Valley High for a new generation, a dishy, dazzling YA drama set against the backdrop of an elite charter school where stars are made—or fade.When Chyna gets a scholarship to the newest, most prestigious sports school in the city, it’s the best opportunity to do the gymnastics she loves. But between caring for her ailing mother and dealing with the elitist girls on her gymnastics team, she’s not sure she belongs.Meanwhile, Jamaal is reeling...

In the companion to her acclaimed So Done, Paula Chase follows best friends Simp and Rollie as their friendship is threatened by the pressures of basketball, upcoming auditions, middle school, and their growing involvement in the local drug ring.Dough Boys is a memorably vivid story about the complex friendship between two African American boys whose lives are heading down very different paths. For fans of Jason Reynolds’s Ghost and Rebec...

This now concludes volume 2 of the relaxing and inspirational poetry from my loving mother , Paula Chase Judkins . I now invite you to take time away from the pains and rush of every day life . As you take a trip to heaven with mother in her next , volume 3 , your trip with her , of FAITH , will instill in you a a super natural love for GOD [the heavenly father , the son Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit where the transformation of all three makes up the one , I AM , heaven , earth and the ...

This collection of poems will deliver to you events that occurred through out her life and will reflect to so many similar events that we all face in life ourselves even today. The four volumes will reflect in Volume one, LOVE [which she had for everybody and all things in life.] Volume two, carries reflections of INSPIRATION [to give cheer to the drama we experience in our everyday lives today.] Volume three, offers poems of FAITH [which she had for her Lord Jesus Christ ,GOD.] Volume fou...