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Name: Getting Even
Rating: 3 (1 reviews)
Author: Christopher Pike

Five friends—Mary Ellen, Nancy, Walt, Olivia, Pres, and Angie—make the Tarenton Cheerleading Squad and must preserve their bond amid jealous rivals, new romances, and the pressures of an upcoming state competition and the Homecoming Queen election. Mary Ellen struggles with a reputation‑ruining enemy, while Nancy navigates the trials of a new love. Will they stick together?

First publish date: 1985

Genre: Young Adult Fiction/YA Contemporary Fiction

Authors: Christopher Pike

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