Show & Tell (Double Trouble #1)

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Monique Polak

"How bad can an alternative school be? Tessa McPhail has landed at New Directions, a last-chance school in Montreal's roughest neighborhood. The kids are tough and the school is far from home, but the very worst thing is the curriculum: 50 percent academics, 50 percent boxing. The other students think boxing is cool. Tessa disagrees. But when a neighbor starts a petition to have New Directions closed down, Tessa discovers something worth fighting for, both in and out of the ring"-- When Tessa gets caught tagging, she is sent to an alternative school in one of Montreal's toughest neighborhoods, where boxing is a big part of the school curriculum.

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Anne Digby

Elizabeth is furious when a girl new to the sixth form becomes head girl over the obvious choice, her friend Emma. The new head girl, Kerry, is a young actress, and Elizabeth is convinced that all the seniors have been swayed by her acting skills, both on screen and at school. She knows the real Kerry is a nasty piece of work - but how can she prove it? Kerry is cleverer than Elizabeth thinks, and somehow she just manages to make the Naughtiest Girl look like a troublemaker ...