The five most popular students at Noble High have secrets to hide; secrets they wrote down in their journals. This is an excerpt from Vanessa Riley's journal.
Lisi Harrison is the author of The Clique, Alphas and Monster High series. She was the Senior Director of Production Development at MTV and Head Writer for MTV Production. Lisi is currently pretending to write her next novel.
The five most popular students at Noble High have secrets to hide; secrets they wrote down in their journals. This is an excerpt from Vanessa Riley's journal.
Lisi Harrison is the author of The Clique, Alphas and Monster High series. She was the Senior Director of Production Development at MTV and Head Writer for MTV Production. Lisi is currently pretending to write her next novel.
The five most popular students at Noble High have secrets to hide; secrets they wrote down in their journals. This is an excerpt from Vanessa Riley's journal.
Lisi Harrison is the author of The Clique, Alphas and Monster High series. She was the Senior Director of Production Development at MTV and Head Writer for MTV Production. Lisi is currently pretending to write her next novel.
BY #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR Pretenders_TPtextF1.indd iii 28/01/14 3:23 PM September 17th Forgive me, Journal, for I have sinned. It has been less than a day since my last entry so thats obviously not it. Its something else. And its worse than not journaling. 27
As you know, I had an Algebra quiz today. You also know I studied during lunch so I was prepared. What you dont know is that the Before picture sat beside me in Algebra and com- pletely disrupted my chi. Youre too funny, she said. I am? 27 Way worse. Pretenders_TPtextF1.indd 132 28/01/14 3:25 PM I love how you signed up for every spot on the Phoenix Five. Hilarious. Why? Why? Those blank spaces were rhetorical. Foe no you diznt! This was her trying to rile me up before the quiz. It was a total power move. But shell have to ght smarter than that if she wants to beat me to the Academic Excellence award, the Honors Society, and the Principals Award. As for the Phoenix Five, she can have one spot if she really wants. Ill take four. I really like those bracelets youre selling. SWAPs. Sorry. Im sure youll be very happy with yours, I snipped. Mine? I didnt get one. You will. Huh? Your boyfriend bought two. Boyfriend? She looked confused and then kind of laughed. You mean Blake? I stared at her again. Hes not my boyfriend. He sweve been best friends for years. I think he likes you. There is nothing between us. Trust me. Really? Cross my heart. She made an X over her ill- tting shirt. Never has been. Never will be. Pretenders_TPtextF1.indd 133 28/01/14 3:25 PM 134 Does he have a girlfriend? Nope. Oh, I said, like I didnt really care. But on the inside my cells were popping like kernels in a microwave. Blake was sin- gle. He didnt like Lily! 28
I wanted more intel but Mr. Baskin started handing out the quiz. We had twenty minutes to answer ten questions. I tried to focus but Blakes dark eyes waxed in my mind and eclipsed my math knowledge. 29
Still, I nished rst. Eighteen minutes and twenty-three seconds. Instead of taking our quizzes home and grading them like a responsible teacher, Mr. Baskin had us switch papers with the person sitting next to us. Lily got mine and I got hers. He called out the correct answers while we, the students, graded them. It was a total sweatshop move. Lily got ten out of ten. I got eight. 30
When you make a choice, you change the future. Deepak Chopra 28 Not that I care. I have to focus on my work. Its just nice to know he doesnt like her. 29 Love the image of Blakes eyes as the moon eclipsing my rational thoughts. So poetic. 30 I accidentally took Lilys paper so I could pass it off as my own. I needed a Benihana night. Dont judge. Pretenders_TPtextF1.indd 134 28/01/14 3:25 PM This book is a work of ction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the authors imagination or are used ctitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is coincidental. Copyright 2013 by Lisi Harrison All rights reserved. In accordance with the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976, the scanning, uploading, and electronic sharing of any part of this book without the permission of the publisher is unlawful piracy and theft of the authors intellectual property. If you would like to use material from the book (other than for review purposes), prior written permission must be obtained by contacting the publisher at permissions@hbgusa.com . Thank you for your support of the authors rights. Poppy Hachette Book Group 237 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10017 Visit our website at lb-teens.com Poppy is an imprint of Little, Brown and Company. The Poppy name and logo are trademarks of Hachette Book Group, Inc. The publisher is not responsible for websites (or their content) that are not owned by the publisher. First Paperback Edition: May 2014 First published in hardcover in October 2013 by Little, Brown and Company Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Harrison, Lisi. Pretenders / by Lisi Harrison. First edition. pages cm. Summary: Five high school freshmenthe Phoenix Fivereveal their friendships, crushes, school and family dramas, and big secrets, as told in their unique voices through journal entries Provided by publisher. ISBN 978-0-316-22244-0 (hc)ISBN 978-0-316-22232-7 (pb) [1. High schoolsFiction. 2. SchoolsFiction. 3. DiariesFiction. 4. FriendshipFiction. 5. Dating (Social customs)Fiction. 6. Family life New JerseyFiction. 7. New JerseyFiction.] I. Title. PZ7.H2527Pqm 2013 [Fic]dc23 2012048434 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 RRD-C Printed in the United States of America Pretenders_TPtextF1.indd iv 28/01/14 3:23 PM
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