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Follow Your Heart
When Riley develops a crush on Lucas, the adorable new kid in the seventh grade, Maya tries to force her to-GASP!-talk to him. But Riley is much too shy; she's perfectly happy having a text-only relationship! Will their class assignment to give up smartphones for a day force Riley to communicate with Lucas IRL? :-/
Then Riley discovers that another girl, Missy, is trying to lure Lucas away from their group. Will she compete in a high stakes flirt-off, or will she follow her heart and win Lucas over with true friendship?
Then Riley discovers that another girl, Missy, is trying to lure Lucas away from their group. Will she compete in a high stakes flirt-off, or will she follow her heart and win Lucas over with true friendship?
128 pages, Paperback
First published July 7, 2015
About the author
Alexa Young
25 books40 followersAlexa Young began her professional life working in the music industry—first, assisting executives at the legendary Capitol Records, and then writing and editing for the supremely hilarious trade magazine Hits, where she got to interview recording artists such as Everclear, kd Lang, Michael Penn and Maxwell. She later worked as an editor for the teen magazine Jump, where she interviewed a just-starting-out Jessica Simpson, as well as Gwen Stefani/No Doubt, among others. From there, Alexa went on to become senior editor for the hugely popular women’s fitness magazine Shape and, more recently, she was deputy editor for Natural Health. She’s also a freelance writer, and has contributed to magazines, including Family Circle, Fitness, Parents, Woman’s Day and Women’s Health. Plus, she’s the coauthor of two nonfiction books for adults and is currently working on junior novels for the Disney Channel!
Frenemies was Alexa’s first novel, and is the first in a four-book series produced by Alloy Entertainment. The books follow the lives of Halley Brandon and Avalon Greene, two fashion-obsessed best friends who suddenly find themselves developing new interests, relationships and identities that threaten to break them up forever. The books have been translated into several languages and are bestsellers in France, where they were also made into graphic novels.
In 2012, the Disney Channel premiered the Original Movie based on Frenemies, starring teen sensations Bella Thorne and Zendaya Coleman (who also star on the network’s hit show, “Shake It Up”). The movie was the day’s top telecast among kids and tweens, and cable’s top show in the time period with 4.2 million total viewers. It’s also been viewed and rated by more than half a million viewers on Netflix! (Instant streaming available here.) In 2015, Alexa continued the love affair with Disney and began working on a variety of projects for the company, including a series of junior novels based on the hit television series Girl Meets World.
Alexa graduated from the University of California, San Diego, with a degree in Literature/Writing. She now lives in the Los Angeles area.
Frenemies was Alexa’s first novel, and is the first in a four-book series produced by Alloy Entertainment. The books follow the lives of Halley Brandon and Avalon Greene, two fashion-obsessed best friends who suddenly find themselves developing new interests, relationships and identities that threaten to break them up forever. The books have been translated into several languages and are bestsellers in France, where they were also made into graphic novels.
In 2012, the Disney Channel premiered the Original Movie based on Frenemies, starring teen sensations Bella Thorne and Zendaya Coleman (who also star on the network’s hit show, “Shake It Up”). The movie was the day’s top telecast among kids and tweens, and cable’s top show in the time period with 4.2 million total viewers. It’s also been viewed and rated by more than half a million viewers on Netflix! (Instant streaming available here.) In 2015, Alexa continued the love affair with Disney and began working on a variety of projects for the company, including a series of junior novels based on the hit television series Girl Meets World.
Alexa graduated from the University of California, San Diego, with a degree in Literature/Writing. She now lives in the Los Angeles area.
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December 25, 2017
A fun, well-written novelization of a beloved Disney sitcom.
May 1, 2019
This book was ok. It about life of two girls going to seventh grade and their best friends. Their names are Riley and Maya. One of the girls name Reilly started to have feelings at the new boy. Maya helped Riley to talk to him and grab his attention when a girl name Missy is trying to convince him away from his group of friends.
December 24, 2015
It was an awesome book! and a cool show
9 years old
9 years old
September 25, 2019
Sweet book about a first crush, and a lot more including family...
So few pages, but well put together. The jealousy was a bit over-the-top, but I hear most teenage girls can be like that..
So few pages, but well put together. The jealousy was a bit over-the-top, but I hear most teenage girls can be like that..
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January 20, 2021i like it
January 2, 2024
Cute book!
January 3, 2016
I really liked this book,although,even it was 2 stories. I hope they write more of these books,just like they did with Jessi and Liv&Maddie.
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January 23, 2016My sister's little girl wants this book
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October 31, 2016Riley Matthews is a Seventh Grader who has a major crush on Lucas. Maya is also a Seventh Grader and blah blah blah blah blah blah....
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November 20, 2017it was okay in the begeing because of the funny stuff thats in there
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November 27, 2018It was a good book.
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