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Three female students at Ashbury High are paired with three male classmates from the rival Brookfield High in a school pen‑pal program. What begins as a friendly exchange soon ignites secret romance, humiliation, vengeful plots, and escalates into a full‑blown feud between the two schools.
First publish date: 2004
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Jaclyn Moriarty
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