The Year Of Secret Assignments (Booklist Editor's Choice. Books for Youth (Awards))
by Jaclyn Moriarty
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Author: Jaclyn MoriartyEdition: Hardcover
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Published: 2004-02-01
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Number of pages: 352
Reading Level: Young Adult
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Book Review: Kay's Review
Summary: 4 Stars
This book is a wonderful book to read if you have any time to yourself. It keeps you giggling and in happy spirits. The way the book is written is really diffrent. The book is written in letters back and forth between pinpals at diffrent schools. A lot of drama takes place, and many life lessons are learned. The Year of Secret Assignets is a great book for young girls in their teens to read! The book deals with love, friendship, school, and drama! This book is a perfect book for young girls who are on their journey into adult hood! This book reads very fast, and it is also not hard at all to read!
Summary of The Year Of Secret Assignments (Booklist Editor's Choice. Books for Youth (Awards))
The Ashbury-Brookfield pen pal program was designed to bring together the "lowlife Brooker kids" (as they're known to the Ashburyites) and the "rich Ashbury snobs" (as they're called by the Brookfielders) in a spirit of harmony and the Joy of the Envelope. But things don't go quite as planned. Lydia and Sebastian trade challenges, like setting off the fire alarm at Brookfield. Emily tutors Charlie in How to Go On a Date with a Girl. But it's Cassie and Matthew who both reveal and conceal the most about themselves -- and it's their secrets and lies that set off a war between the two schools.
Popular Aussie writer Jaclyn Moriarty, author of the smash debut, Feeling Sorry for Celia avoids the notorious sophomore slump with this bouncy epistolary follow-up that is brimming with self-confidence and charm. In The Year of Secret Assignments, a tenth grade English teacher attempts to unite feuding schools by launching a pen-pal project. Best friends Cassie, Emily and Lydia initiate the correspondence, and are answered by Matthew, Charlie and Seb. Emily and Lydia are more than pleased with their matches, but quiet Cassie has a frightening experience with Matthew. When Lydia and Emily discover that Matthew has threatened their fragile friend, the Ashbury girls close ranks, declaring an all-out war on the Brookfield boys. Soon, the couples are caught up in everything from car-jacking and lock-picking, to undercover spying and identity theft.
Moriarty's captivating comedy of manners reads like a breezy 21st century version of Jane Austen--with no end of ridiculous misunderstandings, angst-ridden speeches, and heartfelt make-ups. Female teen fans of Ann Brasheres' The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and Megan McCafferty's Sloppy Firsts will waste no time swapping copies of The Year of Secret Assignments, with all their best buds. (Ages 12 and up) --Jennifer Hubert
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