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Reader reviewed by Grace

When their English teacher announces the Ashbury-Brookfield pen pal program, Year Ten's Lydia, Emily, and Cassie are reluctant to write to Brookfield's students. Ashbury and Brookfield have been rival schools forever, and Mr. Botherit thinks writing letters will ease the tension and help the students make peace. The English assignment becomes interesting when the girls' penpals set up secret missions (which include picking locks and setting off fire alarms) and fake identities, which result in a war between the schools.

This book is very funny and original, the way that Jaclyn Moriarty wrote it (I especially like Lydia's Notebook), and has everything you could want: romance, suspense, humor, and James-Bond-like secret missions. I would recommend this book to any teen.