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    Keeping Secrets
    Keeping Secrets
    Keeping Secrets
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    Keeping Secrets

    By P. J. Denton and Julia Denos

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    Jo is so excited! Her parents have agreed to let her host the Sleepover Squad to celebrate her win in the spelling bee! Jo loves to be organized, so she's busy making plenty of lists -- like what kind of food she'll serve her friends and what games they'll play. She's even picked a special theme! But when the Squad starts acting strangely, Jo gets worried. It seems like her friends are keeping secrets from her.

    Jo tries not to let their behavior hurt her feelings -- after all, it's probably nothing. But she can't help but wonder: What if the girls don't want to come to her sleepover anymore? Or worse, what if they don't want to be friends with her at all?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAladdin
    Release dateDec 6, 2011
    ISBN9781442456921
    Keeping Secrets
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    P. J. Denton

    P. J. Denton is a pseudonym for Catherine Hapka. She has written for dozens of series, including Sleepover Squad, The A Circuit, Nancy Drew, The Saddle Club, Sweet Valley Jr. High, Sweet Valley Twins, Magic Attic Club, Wild at Heart, Ghosts of Fear Street, Making Friends, Wonder Girls, Dinotopia, and Avalon. Cathy lives in Pennsylvania.

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      Book preview

      Keeping Secrets - P. J. Denton

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      Can you spell

      S-E-C-R-E-T?

      JO IS SO EXCITED! HER PARENTS HAVE agreed to let her host the Sleepover Squad to celebrate her win in the spelling bee! Jo loves to be organized, so she’s busy making plenty of lists — like what kind of food she’ll serve her friends and what games they’ll play. She’s even picked a special theme!

      But when the Squad starts acting strangely, Jo gets worried. It seems like her friends are keeping secrets from her. Jo tries not to let their behavior hurt her feelings — after all, it’s probably nothing. But she can’t help but wonder: What if the girls don’t want to come to her sleepover anymore? Or worse, what if they don’t want to be friends with her at all?

      You’re invited to another Sleepover Squad Party!

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      KIDS.SimonandSchuster.com

      CATCH UP WITH THE SLEEPOVER SQUAD AT THEIR FIRST THREE PARTIES!

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      It’s their first sleepover party!

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      What is Taylor afraid of?

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      Will Kara’s brothers ruin the fun?

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      Grab your pillow and join the

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      #1 Sleeping Over

      #2 Camping Out

      #3 The Trouble with Brothers

      #4 Keeping Secrets

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      This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real locales are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

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      ALADDIN PAPERBACKS

      An imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division

      1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020

      www.SimonandSchuster.com

      Text copyright © 2008 by Catherine Hapka

      Illustrations copyright © 2008 by Julia Denos

      All rights reserved, including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form.

      ALADDIN PAPERBACKS and related logo are registered trademarks of Simon & Schuster, Inc.

      Designed by Karin Paprocki

      The text of this book was set in Cochin.

      Manufactured in the United States of America

      First Aladdin Paperbacks edition February 2008

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      Library of Congress Control Number 2007937306

      ISBN-13: 978-1-4169-2801-0

      ISBN-10: 1-4169-2801-4

      ISBN-13: 978-1-4424-5692-1 (eBook)

      Contents

      Chapter 1: The Spring Spelling Bee

      Chapter 2: A Surprising Prize

      Chapter 3: Making Plans

      Chapter 4: Strange Behavior

      Chapter 5: Keeping Secrets

      Chapter 6: A Dramatic Moment

      Chapter 7: A New Plan

      Chapter 8: Phone Frustration

      Chapter 9: Spelling Things Out

      Slumber Party Project: Fun and Games

      Sleepover Squad

      Jo Sanchez took a deep breath. Her palms felt damp and warm, so she wiped them on her pants. She wondered if the other kids on the stage of the Oak Tree Elementary School auditorium were getting nervous too.

      Min Choi, you’re next, Ms. Paolini, the fifth-grade English teacher, called out.

      Ms. Paolini was running the Spring Spelling Bee. She was standing at one end of the stage, reading out the words for the students to spell.

      Jo watched fourth grader Min Choi step to the microphone. Ms. Paolini smiled at Min.

      Min, your word is ‘satellite,’ the teacher said.

      Min slowly spelled

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