Books with author Thalia Kalkipsakis

As I leaped and kicked, taking care to be perfectly in line, I felt a quickening in my chest, a secret dance in my heart. I just had to get through rehearsal and the game itself, then I would finally get to talk to him ...Saph's life is pretty perfect. At sixteen, she's already doing what she loves: dancing in a cheerleading squad for a professional basketball team. So when she gets a Valentine from her secret crush, all her dreams seem to be within reach. But the harder Saph dances after her dreams, the more her real life starts to get in the way. Worst of all, the Valentine turns out to be a hoax. Humiliated and angry, Saph and her best friend, Summer, are determined to get revenge. A funny, energetic story about forgetting the moves and remembering what's important.

When Cassie?s big sister, Hannah, cuts Cassie?s hair too short, Cassie thinks she did it on purpose, and they quit talking to each other. Then Cassie discovers a secret passage between their closets and decides to get even by scaring Hannah, but things get out of hand. Can Cassie make everything okay between her and Hannah again? Includes black-and-white illustrations, Internet address, 13 chapters, story preview, 91 pages.

Growing up is hard for everyone, and Erin finds that she is no exceptionErin doesn't get what all the fuss is about. When did boys stop being friends and start being boyfriends? Why are all the girls in her grade shaving their legs and slopping goop on their faces? And since when did her big sister start keeping secrets about her love life? Erin's never been afraid of doing her own thing—but she never thought she'd be deliberately left out. What's everyone's problem?