college and school journalism

"Avi LeBeau juggles navigating her first year at a Historically Black Boarding School with the revelation that her older sister Belle is in an abusive romantic relationship"--Provided by publisher.

Louise dumps her popular jock boyfriend after he makes some insensitive remarks about his brother's Native American fianc?e without regard for the fact that she is also Native American. As a reporter for her school newspaper, she is working on the story of the year alongside Joey--a story that involves racism, blackmail, and bullying among the cast of the school play--a cast that includes Louise's younger brother.

When boyfriend Elliott breaks up with Jenna Sakai before Christmas break, she just about convinces herself that relationships are for suckers and she is better off without them; but unfortunately she finds herself in competition with Elliott for a journalism scholarship, and worse her first assignment for the newspaper club is to write a personal essay, which is difficult when you are someone who prefers to keep your emotions bottled up--and than there is Rin Watanabe, a boy as stubborn as Jenna herself, and a mystery that Jenna cannot help but investigate.

Louise dumps her popular, jock boyfriend after he makes some insensitive remarks about his brother's Native American fianc?e without regard for the fact that she is also Native American. As a reporter for her school newspaper, she finds herself working on the story of the year alongside Joey. A story that involves racism, blackmail, and bullying centered around the cast of the school play--a cast that includes Louise's younger brother.

Natalie, top-secret writer of the romance column for the school newspaper, cannot even figure out her own love life much less advise others, and her confusion increases as her feelings for her longtime boyfriend fade and her interest in his best friend Matt grows.