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Pollet, Alison.
THE PITY PARTY : 8TH GRADE IN THE LIFE OF ME, CASS
New York : Orchard Books, 2005.
IL 5-8, RL 5.2
ISBN 0439681944
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For Cass Levine, 8th grade may be a changing point in her life. Trying to figure out what she is -- orphan, invincible girl or third wheel -- she must face life without her two best friends.  They are both in the same group at school but Cass is not with them.  How can she endure school without seeing her best friends in every class?  Now she must try to make new friends and get along with new classmates.  When the new boy passes her a note in class, she is not sure what he is talking about.  What does "go down the street" mean?  Thus begins her friendship with Rod Punkin.  He is certainly not the type of kids she usually hangs around with.  He is a bit on the wild side.  But the friendship becomes important to Cass.  When Rod is suddenly gone, Cass is desperate to find out why he left so abruptly.
SUBJECTS:     Orphans -- Fiction.
                        Traffic accidents -- Fiction.
                        Grief -- Fiction.
                        Friendship -- Fiction.
                        Preparatory schools -- Fiction.
                        Schools -- Fiction.
                        New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction.

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