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Fourteen and Holding

by Candice Ransom · 1987

Kobie Roberts seriesNext:Going on Twelve(1988) →

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It's the first year of high school and Kobie is on her own. Her best friend Gretchen is in a different school. What a bummer—and things go wrong from day one. Kobie's Home Ec. partner, Sandy, is even less cool than Kobie and Sandy wnats Kobie to be her best friend! Then there's big, mean Jeannette, who makes Kobie's life miserable. How will Kobie survive fourteen?

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childhoodchildhoodMore like thisLess of this
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1980s1980sMore like thisLess of thisIndonesiaIndonesiaMore like thisLess of this
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young adultchildrens
Length
medium · 211 pages

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