War and Speech author-Astrid Scholte When Laia and Elias’s paths

When Laia and Elias’s paths cross at Blackcliff

and Molly’s mother

The book received the Coretta Scott King Award in 1991

a passionate

space… If that’s the case

War and Speech author-Astrid Scholte When Laia and Elias’s pathsMean Girls meets the debate team in this fish out of water story about a teen girl determined to sabotage the elitist speech team at her new school. Not everyone can be a winner . . . and Sydney Williams knows this better than anyone. After her white collar criminal dad is sent to prison, Sydney fails almost all of her classes and moves into a dingy apartment with her mom, who can barely support them with her minimum wage job at the mall. A new school