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Lydia, Cassie and Emily are in 10th grade at a school called Ashbury and they are totally not psyched by their English teacher's assignment that makes them be pen-pals with kids at the worst school in the area. They're afraid of who they'll end up writing to. and then thing start to change when they find out their [boy!] pen-pals are cooler than they thought they'd be.

Lydia has Sebastian, and they start sending each other on secret missions to prove they can trust each other. The two kind of play games with each other, but it's so obvious they're crushing on each other right away. Emily gets Charlie, a sweet guy who keeps ending up in trouble-and has no idea how to talk to the girl he likes, so she tries her best to help him so he's totally date-able. But Cassie gets Matthew, who is a complete psycho... and according to Charlie and Sebatian, doesn't even really exist. All of their lives end up crashing together, and after some high legal drama [Go Emily!] and excellent kissing, they actually become friends-even as their two schools are involved in the biggest prank war EVER!

After spending four years working as an entertainment lawyer, Jaclyn Moriarty decided to write full time instead. Her first novel, Feeling Sorry for Celia was published to critical acclaim and won the Ethel Turner Prize in Sydney and was a Book Sense 76 selection in the United States. Her second novel, The Year of Secret Assignments, also received rave reviews. In a starred review, Horn Book Magazine called it "Fast and funny.... complex, original, and unpredictable." Publishers Weekly has said, "Moriarty's story will likely satisfy hearty appetites for suspense and fun."

Jaclyn grew up in a large family in Sydney, Australia. She studied English at the University of Sydney, and law at Yale and Cambridge. After she completed her law degree, her former high school English teacher sent her a letter of congratulations that said, "P.S. Remember you are really a writer."

Jaclyn Moriarty divides her time between Canada and Australia.

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