Young Adult Revisited

So, I swear that I already reviewed this book. I even have it crossed off my list of books to do, but I went through all the BSC tags on this blog and found no mention of it, so who knows? Becca is super upset because she's in the Kids Club at school and just learned that the club has to shut down. Mr. Katz and another teacher run the club, but that teacher wants to take some time off to travel with her husband while he works, and Mr. Katz doesn't think he can handle all the kids himself. Jessi approaches the club with an idea: they take a month off to do volunteer work. Everyone thinks it's an amazing idea. Jessi stops by to talk to him, and he agrees to a trial run. They'll try things out for two weeks to see if it's a good fit. Becca is also upset because she heard that Danielle Roberts, a former SES student, has leukemia and is in the hospital. At her first minute, the kids get letters from a bunch of kids in the hospital because they got s...

George just got a job coaching the girl's soccer team at Pineview, which is some fancy pants private school. Her team has the chance to compete in the Canadian Cup, which is a big deal competition for high school teams. Nancy and Bess head over to cheer her on and wind up meeting Kate, the team's coach, as well as Janine, their star goalie. This is all important because both will be on hand at the Soccer Ball later that night. The Soccer Ball is a big ass fundraiser for the school. Janine's mom, Mrs. Sedgwick, donated two antique brooches that were in her family for years. Though an appraiser already stated the jewelry was worth more than $100,000, he comes out, gives them a second look, and declares that both were fake. Mr. Garrison, the headmaster of the school, planned on auctioning off the jewelry but calls a halt to everything. As it turns out, Mrs. Sedgwick is short on money. When she originally donated the brooches, she had tons of cash. She later lea...