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The Secret Circle Hardcover - 1998

by Dona Schenker; Schenker


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Jamie has just transferred to an all-girls' school, where being friendless is painful. She notices odd things happening in the classroom -- a lock on the teacher's cabinet is painted black so it can't be opened at test-time; mice are mysteriously scurrying around the room. Everyone else seems aware of why this is happening but no one will explain it. "We don't rat at St. Agnes", she's told. The classmate Jamie would most like for a friend is Zoe, who mostly hands with a tight circle -- Kai, a sharp and commanding personality, and the fun-loving twins, Merit and Vivica. Jamie's thrilled when Zoe invites her to sleep over, something Kai and the twins will never do because Zoe's family owns the funeral parlor and lives above it. But Kai and the twins arrive unexpectedly and awkwardly for everyone. Jamie quickly realizes that friendship with Zoe will be impossible unless they all accept her. Slowly, they do, for her wonderful stories, her fearlessness, and even Kai, the most difficult of all, begins to open up when Jamie discovers Kai's debilitating and despised asthma, and promises not to tell. But acceptance into this group is more than just friendship -- it's acceptance into a secret clique, the Secret Circle, and comes with an entrance fee: Jamie must pass two tests, one of bravery and one of loyalty. As she puts first her boasts of fearlessness and then her oath of loyalty on the line, she begins to wonder if the price of this friendship is too great -- but not until the ultimate test causes damage and harm to her elderly neighbor and friend. In this novel of friendship, the desperation to belong, and the desire to be accepted at all costs, Jamie pays dearly with the knowledge thatsome steps, once taken, can't be re-crossed.

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  • Title The Secret Circle
  • Author Dona Schenker; Schenker
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 154
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers, New York
  • Date 1998-10
  • ISBN 9780679889892 / 0679889892
  • Weight 0.69 lbs (0.31 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.56 x 5.77 x 0.75 in (21.74 x 14.66 x 1.91 cm)
  • Ages 10 to 13 years
  • Grade levels 5 - 8
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 98010035
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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