The Secret Identity of Devon Delaney

For Ages: 9 - 13
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Mom says karma always comes around to get you, and I guess it's true. Because last summer I was a total liar, and now, right in the middle of Mr. Pritchard's third-period math class, my whole world is about to come crashing down.

That's because while Devon was living with her grandmother for the summer, she told her "summer friend," Lexi, that she was really popular back home and dating Jared Bentley, only the most popular guy at school. Harmless lies, right? Wrong. Not when Lexi is standing at the front of Devon's class, having just moved to Devon's town. Uh-oh.

Devon knows there's only one way to handle this -- she'll just have to become popular! But how is Devon supposed to accomplish that when she's never even talked to Jared, much less dated him?! And it seems the more Devon tries to keep up her "image," the more things go wrong. Her family thinks she's nuts, her best friend won't speak to her, and, as if it's not all complicated enough, Jared starts crushing on Lexi and Devon starts crushing on Jared's best friend, Luke. It all has Devon wondering -- who is the real Devon Delaney?
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  • Aladdin | 
  • 272 pages | 
  • ISBN 9781416935032 | 
  • April 2007 | 
  • Grades 4 - 8
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Q. how did you come to write The Secret Identity of Devon Delaney?

A. THE SECRET IDENTITY OF DEVON DELANEY is actually based on something I did when I was in junior high. And um, that's all I'm going to say. Because if you've read the book, you know it's about a girl who lies about going out with the most popular boy in school. And so to admit you've actually done that is very embarrassing.

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