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1 online resource (340 pages) : illustration |
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-- Mean Girls, "A bracing, enthralling gut-punch and an essential read for teens, teachers, and parents alike."€-- -- School Library Journal "Lucy's struggle to find her place and sense of self will have a€wide appeal for teen readers and is a welcome addition to the prep-school canon."--Booklist, starred review "In a novel filled with strong visual images, Pung draws a sharp contrast between authenticity and deception, integrity and manipulation. Against the vividly painted backdrops of two very different communities, she traces Lucy's struggle to form a new identity without compromising the values she holds closest to her heart."--- From the Hardcover edition. |
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900 Lexile. |
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900L Lexile |
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Accelerated Reader AR UG 6.2 13 184174 |
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Accelerated Reader UG 6.2 13 184174 |
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A smart but insecure girl gets the chance to escape her suburban life when she is given a scholarship to a prestigious school, where she gains entry into a clique alongside a girl who is tired of being eclipsed by her own false popularity. |
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In Australia, Lucy tries to balance her life at home surrounded by her Chinese immigrant family, with her life at a pretentious private school. |
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Requires Boundless App. |
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High schools -- Fiction.
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Schools -- Fiction.
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Cliques (Sociology) -- Fiction.
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Immigrants -- Fiction.
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Asians -- Australia -- Fiction.
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High schools -- Juvenile fiction.
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Schools -- Juvenile fiction.
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Cliques (Sociology) -- Juvenile fiction.
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Immigrants -- Juvenile fiction.
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Asians -- Australia -- Juvenile fiction.
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Letters -- Juvenile fiction.
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Letters -- Fiction.
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Asians. |
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Cliques (Sociology) |
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High schools. |
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Immigrants. |
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Letters. |
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Schools. |
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Australia -- Fiction.
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Australia -- Juvenile fiction.
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Australia. |
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Electronic books. |
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Fiction.
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Juvenile works.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Pung, Alice. Laurinda Collingwood, Vic. : Black Inc., 2014 9781863956925 |
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Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Pung, Alice. Lucy and Linh New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2016] 9780399550492 (DLC) 2015024300 (OCoLC)930058925 |
| ISBN |
9780399550508 : $29.97 |
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039955050X : $29.97 |
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