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a certain conservative charm, and Haley knows for a fact he has a soft spot for her. If you think Haley should find out what really goes on at the governor’s mansion, turn to, POLITICAL PREP , and help Alex set up for the big inaugural ball .
    Lots of people resolve to improve themselves around the new year, but those resolutions don’t always stick. This is Haley’s chance to make some real changes in her life, to decide who she is and who she wants to be. Some of those changes are bound to be permanent, so choose carefully, or Haley could end up wishing she’d spent New Year’s Eve at home alone with a pint of ice cream .

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    You don’t need subtitles to read the writing on the wall.
    â€œW ant to hear the latest Darcy dirt?” Irene asked, barely able to contain herself.
    â€œUgh, not really,” Haley said, but she leaned forward anyway. Haley had stopped in at Hap’s Diner for a grilled cheese sandwich on her way home from returning an unwanted Christmas sweater. Now that Gam Polly had a full-time boyfriend, she was too busy to knit any more of her infamous barnyard-creature sweaters, which was a good thing. Unfortunately, she still liked to give presents. Gam hadgotten the idea that puce was the “in” color for spring this year, and had sent sweaters for the entire family in that unflattering hue. Both of Haley’s parents were too busy to drive her to the mall that afternoon to exchange hers, so Haley had to take the bus. She couldn’t wait until she could finally get her driver’s license—only a month or so away.
    The mall had been a zoo, so Haley decided she needed fortification before making her way back to Camp Tofu, otherwise known as home. Irene happened to be at Hap’s with her boyfriend, Shaun Willkommen, sharing a milk shake. Actually, Irene was sharing one of Shaun’s three milk shakes. Now that Shaun was on the track team, he had an excuse to eat like a bear. Haley perched next to them at the counter.
    â€œI don’t see what’s so terrible about Darcy,” Shaun said. “She’s always nice to me.”
    Irene rolled her eyes. “You’re such a boy.”
    Shaun grinned and rubbed his blond crew cut. “What’s wrong with that?”
    â€œI’ll tell you what’s wrong with it,” Irene said. “Boys never see past the surface of things. They’re too easily fooled.”
    Shaun shrugged and slurped his vanilla shake. “Whatever works. If being a girl means analyzing every move some chick makes and dreaming up a scheme to go with it, I’ll stay on Boy Island, thanks. Dang if I gots the energy.”
    â€œWhat are you talking about?” Haley said. “You’ve got more energy than anyone I know. By the way, I saw you on Channel Seven News last week. Nice parallel parking job.”
    Shaun had ridden his father’s lawn mower into Manhattan and parked it in front of Radio City Music Hall before going in to see the Christmas show. A news van spotted him and interviewed him, then filmed him driving the mower into the mouth of the Lincoln Tunnel.
    â€œWhat can I say? I love the Rockettes.” That was Shaun’s idea of an explanation.
    â€œUgh,” Irene said. “Darcy’s cheap tricks are starting to work on Devon. Do you know, yesterday she waltzed into Jack’s and told Devon that a movie scout had approached her about playing a teen runaway, and so she needed a sexy costume for the audition?” Devon, everyone knew, worked part-time at Jack’s Vintage Clothing to earn extra money, and Haley had often invented her own clothing needs just to have an excuse to stop by and see him. “He spent hours helping her try on trashy clothes, and meanwhile the whole story turned out to be a big fat lie.”
    â€œSo she bogused a movie deal to hang with the guy,” Shaun said. “Eiggib on.”
    â€œUgh!” Irene gasped,