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Lola’s best friend Amanda is now her ex-best friend, and the two are competing for first place.
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Christine Pakkala - Author
This is a school-and-family story about Lola trying to feel significant while friendships and home circumstances shift. Her wish to win the Going-Green Contest gives those changes a personal, competitive focus.
Lola Zuckerman hates being last for everything. If only she were Lola Adams or Lola Appleby or anything but Z for Zuckerman. And she is having a particularly hard time right now. Her best friend Amanda Anderson is now her ex-best friend. Her grandparents have moved back to Texas, and her mother is launching a new career. Why is everything always changing? What would make things much, much better is if Lola were to win the Going-Green Contest at school and beat Amanda Anderson, who is determined to win first place too. How can Lola, who is always last, prove that she's not least? Lola Zuckerman is always last, but she wants to come in first place in the Going Green contest at school to prove she can to her ex-best-friend, Amanda Anderson, who is always first. Book #1
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Sign in for personalised guidanceThis is a school-and-family story about Lola trying to feel significant while friendships and home circumstances shift. Her wish to win the Going-Green Contest gives those changes a personal, competitive focus.
Lola’s best friend Amanda is now her ex-best friend, and the two are competing for first place.
Lola’s grandparents have moved back to Texas while her mother is starting a new career, contributing to her sense that everything is changing.
Lola wants to win the Going-Green Contest to prove that, despite always being last, she is not least.
You may wish to check in around Lola’s former friendship with Amanda and the changes involving her grandparents and mother.
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