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Pretenders
Lisi Harrison
Paperback (Poppy, May 13, 2014)Three girls, two guys, five secret journals.The five most popular students at Noble High have secrets to hide; secrets they wrote down in their journals. Now one of their own exposes the private entries...I am leaking these because I'm tired and I know you are too. The success bar is too high and pretending has become the only way to reach it. Instagrams are filtered, Facebook profiles are embellished, photos are shopped, reality TV is scripted, body parts get upgraded like software, and even professional athletes are cheating. The things we believe in aren't real.We are pretenders.
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License to Spill
Lisi Harrison
Hardcover (Poppy, June 24, 2014)The second-quarter journal entries of five freshmen at ultra-competitive Noble High detail the students' ongoing quest to become the Phoenix Five--the most outstanding first-year students in the school.
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Pretenders
Lisi Harrison
Hardcover (Poppy, Oct. 1, 2013)Three girls, two guys, five secret journals.The five most popular students at Noble High have secrets to hide; secrets they wrote down in their journals. Now one of their own exposes the private entries...I am leaking these because I'm tired and I know you are too. The success bar is too high and pretending has become the only way to reach it. Instagrams are filtered, Facebook profiles are embellished, photos are shopped, reality TV is scripted, body parts get upgraded like software, and even professional athletes are cheating. The things we believe in aren't real.We are pretenders.
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You're a Community Helper
Karen Bryant-Mole
Library Binding (Rigby Interactive Library, Nov. 1, 1997)Briefly describes workers who provide services to the community and shows children pretending to be a waiter, teacher, police officer, fire fighter, postal worker, nurse, veterinarian, doctor, dentist, and librarian.
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You're a Sports Pro
Karen Bryant-Mole
Library Binding (Rigby Interactive Library, Nov. 1, 1997)Briefly explains what different kinds of athletes do and shows children pretending to be a tennis player, hockey player, runner, racing driver, basketball player, horse rider, skier, football player, golfer, and swimmer.
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You're a Grownup
Karen Bryant-Mole
Library Binding (Rigby Interactive Library, Nov. 1, 1997)Explains the different kinds of work which adults do around the home and suggests ways to pretend to accomplish grown-up tasks such as shopping, cooking, gardening, and washing the car.
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License to Spill
Lisi Harrison, Zach Roe, Corey Bradberry, Audra Pagano, Cristina de Vallescar
Preloaded Digital Audio Player (Blackstone Pub, June 24, 2014)Three girls, two guys, five secret journals. The five most popular students at Noble High have secrets to hide; secrets they wrote down in their journals. Now one of their own exposes the private entries. . . When our parents were growing up they were encouraged to make mistakes. That's how they learned. But us? Our mistakes go viral. There is no delete button on the Internet. What kind of future do we have if we can't escape our embarrassing pasts? I must come off as quite the hypocrite; complaining about our overexposed lives in a book of secret journals I have leaked. But these pages hold proof of how this pressure affects the âbestâ of us. . . so until the heat's turned down, keep reading.
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License to Spill
Lisi Harrison, Zach Roe, Corey Bradberry, Audra Pagano, Cristina de Vallescar
Audio CD (Blackstone Pub, June 24, 2014)"Three girls, two guys, five secret journals."The five most popular students at Noble High have secrets to hide; secrets they wrote down in their journals. Now one of their own exposes the private entries."When our parents were growing up they were encouraged to make mistakes. That s how they learned. But us? Our mistakes go viral. There is no delete button on the Internet. What kind of future do we have if we can t escape our embarrassing pasts? I must come off as quite the hypocrite; complaining about our overexposed lives in a book of secret journals I have leaked. But these pages hold proof of how this pressure affects the best of us so until the heat s turned down, keep reading.""
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