• Just Be Cool, Jenna Sakai

Just Be Cool, Jenna Sakai

Publication Date
May 03, 2022
Genre / Grade Band
Fiction /  4th − 5th
Just Be Cool, Jenna Sakai

Description
Fans of Lisa Greenwald and Wendy Mass are sure to fall head-over-heels for this funny, sweet story of crushes, competition, and the confusing reality of middle school. Heartbreak is for suckers. -- Jenna SakaiWhen Jenna gets dumped over winter break, it confirms what she learned from her parents' messy divorce: Relationships are risky and only lead to disappointment. So even though she still has to see her ex-boyfriend Elliott at newspaper club, Jenna is going to be totally heartless this semester -- no boys, just books.But keeping her cool isn't always easy. Jenna's chief competition for a big journalism scholarship is none other than Elliott. Her best friend Keiko always seems busy with her own boyfriend. And cute-but-incredibly-annoying Rin Watanabe keeps stealing her booth at the diner she's been hiding at every day after school. Rin is every bit as stubborn and detached as Jenna. And the more Jenna gets to know him, the more intriguing a mystery he seems. Soon Jenna is starting to realize that being a loner is kind of, well, lonely. And letting people in might just be a risk worth taking.
Publication date
May 03, 2022
Classification
Fiction
Page Count
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ISBN-13
9781338671575
Lexile Measure
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Guided Reading Level
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Publisher
Scholastic Press
Series
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BISAC categories
JUV039060 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship
JUV030020 - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | Asia
JUV039190 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Dating & Relationships
Library of Congress categories
Friendship
Schools
Interpersonal relations
Japanese Americans
Dating (Social customs)
Middle schools
Self-perception
Best friends
Student newspapers and periodicals
Debbi Michiko Florence
Debbi Michiko Florence is the author of Keep It Together, Keiko Carter, a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection and New England Book Award finalist, Just Be Cool, Jenna Sakai, and the Jasmine Toguchi chapter books. A third-generation Japanese American and native Californian, Debbi lives in Connecticut with her husband, rescue dog, and rabbit. Visit her online at debbimichikoflorence.com.
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