Cassie Perkins Books
Life is wonderful! At least, that's what thirteen-year-old Cassie believes. Everything seems perfect: she's tried out for--and won--the lead role in the eighth-grade musical AND she's going with the best-looking guy in school. Cassie is sure of one thing: nothing can stop her now! Then her dad moves out. And suddenly Cassie's perfect world comes crashing down around her . . .
Cassie knows she is meant to be a professional singer. So it makes sense that she should attend the prestigious—and expensive—school for the performing arts. Unfortunately, her newly divorced parents don't agree. Then, just when Cassie begins to lose all hope, she discovers an unlikely ally—her mother's new boyfriend. There's only one problem: Cassie can't stand the man!
â I hate this school!â Cassie had dreamed all summer about attending the School for the Performing Arts. But now that sheâ s finally there, she feels out of place. As if that isnâ t bad enough, her mother announces that she is going to get remarried! Suddenly thereâ s only one thing in Cassieâ s life that matters: putting a stop to her motherâ s new romance!
Fourteen-year-old Cassie's adjustment to a new school and a new stepfather and stepbrother is eased by friendship with the dazzling championship roller skater Arien, with whom Cassie shares her faith in God when a shocking surprise changes their lives
To prove to her mother and stepfather that she is not self-centered, Cassie decides to help an overweight high-school classmate change her image
Fourteen-year-old Cassie is disconcerted when she finds herself attracted to Ethan Cox, a boy at summer camp whom she considers to be a jerk
When Cassie's best friend, Andrea, wins a modeling contest and invites her to go to New York City, their friendship is strained by Andrea's overnight success.
Cassie plans to support and promote candidate Jim Forman for president in return for being included in a national singing tour, until she makes some disturbing discoveries about Forman.
Cassie finds herself falling in love with her stepbrother's musclebound friend.