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Meet the phenomenal baseball players of the Finches Little League baseball team: Rebecca Johnston, the starting shortstop, Bianca Trumont, starting pitcher, and Isabel Sanchez, starting catcher. They have a lot to prove as the only three girls in the league. With the support of their parents and coaches these three power players hope to lead The Staten Island Finches to the top of the league and win their first Championship. The RBI Girls is available for purchase now on www.altamirabooks.com and www.amazon.com!

Ria, Ramone, Collin, Cecilia, Natasha and Tate are 7th grade reporters for the Kippington Middle School Report. The popular daily show gives students the ins and outs of Kippington Town. With Spring Break right around the corner Ria, the manager of the KMS Report decides to make changes. When the news reporters agree to a new segment named 'Kippington Revealed' they never would have imagined what would happen next. Are rumors about the mysterious Shadow Hill Forest true? The KMS news crew suspects something is amiss in Kippington Town and they are going to find out the truth. Join the news crew as they search for answers in The Kippington Town Secret series. The KMS News Crew are officially defunct after Principal Kross and associates deem their school report a distraction. Ria, Ramone, Collin, Natasha, Cecilia, and Tate know the truth: Their segment "Kippington Revealed" uncovered a secret factory in Shadow Hill Forest. Despite a growing number of auth...

After a disastrous freshman year Asia and Tasia are doing everything they can to have a different social outcome during sophomore year. They decide to try out for everything including dance troupe, lacrosse, musicals, honor societies, etc. Despite their lack of talents they're determined to succeed at something, anything in order to make their mark at Wide Valley High. Let the games begin!

Brand new school, brand new start for twin sisters Asia and Tasia McKinley. They arrive to their new neighborhood in Wide Valley hoping that high school will be exactly how fun it looks in the musicals they watched on television. They were wrong. Very wrong. Asia finds herself being falsely accused by popular students and nearly getting in trouble for it. She hides out in the bathroom during lunch time because she has no one to sit with, and all the while she remembers the days when drawing Bookgirl used to help her cope with social issues at school. But nothing prepared her for this isolation. Tasia doesn't fare any better as she becomes the target of a prank by enormous football players, she is ridiculed by her classmates during a group project and she also feels oddly outshined in her favorite subject math. She takes some solace in her science class when a student who shunned her ends up making a fool of himself, yet no amount of gaffes by her peers can shake the ...

Meet the most socially awkward twins in the world Asia and Tasia McKinley in the first book of The Anti-Socialites Diaries. It all begins with their tenth birthday party where none of the invited guests bother to show up. Asia and Tasia fear their luck is about to change in fifth grade at Whitlock Elementary School... for the worse. In the first two months of the school year Asia faints at the State Spelling Bee and Tasia loses a major dance battle against her arch nemesis Porscha... that's only the beginning. During the winter Asia worries that her crush on class cutie Marc will never amount to anything until she gets a Secret Admirer Card on Valentine’s Day. Who could it be from? Meanwhile Tasia plans to rebound from her dance battle debacle at a Talent Show in the spring with the help of glam girl Rosalyn. At the end of the school year both Asia and Tasia learn the importance of friendship and staying true to yourself amidst mounting social pressure t...

  “FLYY Kites! Get your cool, new kites for only 2 dollars! Great for a fun day at the park with friends and pets!” Mary shouted in front of our make shift stand Asia built out of cardboard and wood.   Luckily for me and Tasia, many people knew Mary. We sold out all 54 kites in one week.   We made $100 by ourselves!!    

  They are three of the biggest bullies on Earth.   They have been bullying me non-stop.   Asia told me about how mean Raven and Darla were to her when she was in their class for the first few months of 7 th   grade last year.   I  had no idea that they would be this LOUD and REBELLIOUS.   To make things even worse Mr. Hanes lets them do whatever they want and Sheldon takes advantage of that.   I don’t know how I am going to handle all of these bullies on my own.

Sharon spelled peroxide correctly. We went back and forth until the 16 th round. I couldn ’ t believe Sharon was such a good speller. It made me angry. “ Sharon spell ‘ Triskaidekaphobia. ’” Yes! I learned that word for the State Spelling Bee that I fainted at! I remember that triskaidekaphobia means fear of the number 13.

I was FURIOUS.   W hen I passed the art room I saw an opened can of paint.   I grabbed the can and hid it in Mr. Hanes’ room until lunch time to get revenge.   After the bell rang I ran to the cafeteria with the paint, threw it at Raven and Darla’s table, and ran away.   WHAT WAS I THINKING!!

When we got to the venue for the dance I was surprised at how loud the music was and how dim the lights were. Dustin came up to me with a smile saying “ Come dance with me Asia. You promised remember? ” “ Yes. I remember. ” I blushed. I stepped onto the dance floor happy that I had a partner. I forgot one thing: I don ’ t know how to dance AT ALL.

The club has been so wonderful for our new and improved relationship.   I  help him with his homework like old times and we watch movies.   I actually sat next to him while we watched The Great Gatsby.   Asia and Celeste were watching us instead of watching the movie and I heard them say “AWWWW!”   I ’m a little annoyed by their instigating, but I am so happy I’m hanging out with Orlando again.   Maybe this time around we can be more than friends.

I DID IT! I, Asia McKinley, graduated from East Rivers Middle School. I was the top student, as anticipated, and I say that with the utmost humility. I took pictures with Tasia, Celeste, Sharon, Janice, and even with Dustin, Ricky, and Curtis. It was a great day. I ’ m glad I survived middle school , now I ’ m ready to take on the next challenge: High school .  

Which group will Asia and Tasia be accepted in this school year?   a) The Hottie Clique   b) The Cute Crew   c) The Fab Girls   d) None of the Above Asia and Tasia are attending a new middle school after their unexpected move back to New York, but this time they're not going to get bullied without taking a stand. Choose whose side you're on in The Anti-Socialites Diary 3: Team Misfits!

YUCK!! Sheldon bought me a box of chocolate and asked me to be his secret Valentine. “Are you serious?!” I asked. “NO!” I snatched the chocolate and stomped away. The chocolate didn’t need to go to waste because I didn’t want to be Sheldon’s secret Valentine.

I didn ’ t want to hurt Alex ’ s feelings so I decided to tell him upfront that I did not want a boyfriend. I walked up to him in the cafeteria and said “ Hey Alex. I like your riddle, but I am not interested. No hard feelings? ” I tried to smile to soften the rejection. Instead of a shrug or a simple “ Okay ” Alex dumped his entire lunch tray of spaghetti and meatballs over my head.

While Rose and I talked about what we wrote in our T.R.uth Book we didn't realize that the Hottie Clique was watching us. Little did we know they were waiting for an opportunity to steal our book and read all of our secrets.

"I don't understand why no one likes me!" I wailed like a big baby.   "You're a brilliant student Asia and they can see how special you are. There has never been a scholar like you at this school before. You're making a big difference at East Rivers. One day you'll see this." Chairman said.