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The Year of Secret Assignments Mass Market Paperback – Print, April 1, 2005
- Print length 340 pages
- Language English
- Publisher Scholastic Paperbacks
- Publication date April 1, 2005
- Grade level 7 - 9
- Dimensions 5.25 x 0.75 x 7.75 inches
- ISBN-10 0439498821
- ISBN-13 978-0439498821
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- Publisher : Scholastic Paperbacks (April 1, 2005)
- Language : English
- Mass Market Paperback : 340 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0439498821
- ISBN-13 : 978-0439498821
- Grade level : 7 - 9
- Item Weight : 13.1 ounces
- Dimensions : 5.25 x 0.75 x 7.75 inches
- #2,602 in Teen & Young Adult Friendship Fiction
- #6,757 in Teen & Young Adult Contemporary Romance
- #18,641 in Children's Friendship Books
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Jaclyn moriarty.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Richie's Picks: THE YEAR OF SECRET ASSIGNMENTS
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The Year of Secret Assignments Mass Market Paperback – April 1 2005
- Reading age 12 years and up
- Print length 352 pages
- Language English
- Grade level 7 - 9
- Dimensions 13.34 x 1.91 x 19.69 cm
- Publisher Arthur A. Levine Books
- Publication date April 1 2005
- ISBN-10 0439498821
- ISBN-13 978-0439498821
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- Publisher : Arthur A. Levine Books; Reprint edition (April 1 2005)
- Language : English
- Mass Market Paperback : 352 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0439498821
- ISBN-13 : 978-0439498821
- Item weight : 372 g
- Dimensions : 13.34 x 1.91 x 19.69 cm
- #18,702 in Children's Books on Friendship
- #164,453 in Literature & Fiction for Children (Books)
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5.0 out of 5 stars You'll want to read it twice
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3.0 out of 5 stars I love an epistolary novel
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Jaclyn Moriarty is an Australian writer of young adult literature. ... Of course, being as huge of E. Lockhart's as I am, I simply had to eventually check out Moriarty. "The Year of Secret Assignments" is a book written entirely in the form of letters, notes, e-mail messages, etc. I love this format and it definitely makes the book one easy ...
Popular Aussie writer Jaclyn Moriarty, author of the smash debut, Feeling Sorry for Celia avoids the notorious sophomore slump with this bouncy epistolary follow-up that is brimming with self-confidence and charm. In The Year of Secret Assignments, a tenth grade English teacher attempts to unite feuding schools by launching a pen-pal project ...
Popular Aussie writer Jaclyn Moriarty, author of the smash debut, Feeling Sorry for Celia avoids the notorious sophomore slump with this bouncy epistolary follow-up that is brimming with self-confidence and charm. In The Year of Secret Assignments, a tenth grade English teacher attempts to unite feuding schools by launching a pen-pal project.Best friends Cassie, Emily and Lydia initiate the ...
ASSIGNMENT: Buy and read THE YEAR OF SECRET ASSIGNMENTS. Notes: This is not a difficult assignment because this book is hilarious, touching, and filled with penpal letters, diary entries, writings in The Notebook (tm), and even court transcipts, complete with adverbial phrases. TYOSA is also from the excellent author of the terrific book ...
Finding Cassie Crazy (titled The Year of Secret Assignments outside of Australia and the UK) is a novel by Jaclyn Moriarty.It was first published 2003 in Australia. The novel is both a stand-alone and also the second book of the Ashbury/Brookfield series.
Jaclyn Moriarty is the best-selling author of novels for young adults and adults including Feeling Sorry for Celia, The Year of Secret Assignments, and the Colours of Madeleine trilogy. Jaclyn grew up in Sydney, lived in England, the US, and Canada, and now lives in Sydney again. She has been the recipient of the NSW Premier's Literary Award ...
Jaclyn Moriarty is the award-winning author of A Corner of White, The Cracks in the Kingdom, A Tangle of Gold, The Year of Secret Assignments, The Murder of Bindy Mackenzie, The Ghosts of Ashbury High, and The Spell Book of Listen Taylor.A former media and entertainment lawyer, Jaclyn grew up in Sydney, Australia, lived in the United States, Canada, and UK, and now lives in Sydney again.
Jaclyn Moriarty is an Australian writer of young adult literature. She studied English at the University of Sydney, and law at Yale University and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where she was awarded a PhD. She is the younger sister of Liane Moriarty. She was previously married to Canadian writer Colin McAdam, and has a son, Charlie ...
Jaclyn Moriarty has 33 books on Goodreads with 152951 ratings. Jaclyn Moriarty's most popular book is The Year of Secret Assignments (Ashbury/Brookfield,...
Jaclyn Moriarty grew up in Sydney, Australia, with four sisters, one brother, two dogs, and twelve chickens. She studied law at the University of Sydney, Yale, and Cambridge, and worked as an entertainment lawyer before she wrote the Ashbury High novels, including The Year of Secret Assignments , The Murder of Bindy Mackenzie , and The Ghosts ...