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Val Rushford is the picture of a high‑school success: beautiful, popular, and top of the class. When her boyfriend Dave cheats on her, she cuts ties and declares herself single for the rest of the school year. But the unexpected arrival of Adam, the artsy and intellectual student, turns her resolve into a new, complicated romance.
First publish date: 2010
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Emma Carlson Berne
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