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There are currently two books:

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''How To Rock Make-Ups and Break-Ups'' - September 2012

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''How To Rock Best Friends and Frenemies'' - December 2013
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* BracesOfOrthodonticOverkill: Kacey acts like she gets these, even though they're really just basic metal braces (and headgear, but only at night). Most of her {{Wangst}} comes from the fact that she'd rather get something like Invisalign but her treatment needs to be more extensive.
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''How To Rock'' is a series of Young Adult novels written by Meg Haston. They tell the story of Kacey Simon, resident AlphaBitch at Marquette Middle School in [[TheWindyCity Chicago.]] Kacey is an aspiring journalist, a passionate actress, and a social dictator whose words and style basically define the behavior of the majority of the student body. She also has a problem: She's had eyesight issues for a while and her improper use of her contact lenses leaves her with an eye infection, forcing her to stop using them and get glasses. On top of that, a skating accident causes her to chip a tooth, requiring her to get braces. Practically overnight, Kacey goes from the top of the PopularityFoodChain to the bottom and has to join forces with a geeky neighbor and a local rock group in an effort to claw her way back.

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''How To Rock'' is a series of Young Adult novels written by Meg Haston. They tell the story of Kacey Simon, resident AlphaBitch at Marquette Middle School in [[TheWindyCity Chicago.]] UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}}. Kacey is an aspiring journalist, a passionate actress, and a social dictator whose words and style basically define the behavior of the majority of the student body. She also has a problem: She's had eyesight issues for a while and her improper use of her contact lenses leaves her with an eye infection, forcing her to stop using them and get glasses. On top of that, a skating accident causes her to chip a tooth, requiring her to get braces. Practically overnight, Kacey goes from the top of the PopularityFoodChain to the bottom and has to join forces with a geeky neighbor and a local rock group in an effort to claw her way back.
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* TheConscience: Paige to Kacey, though her own moral rightness is open to interpretation. (For example, her reason for helping Kacey is that Kacey will owe her and help her win a school election, as opposed to it just being the right thing to do.)
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* CanonImmigrant: Stevie from the TV Series will be appearing in ''Make-Ups and Break-Ups''.

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* CanonImmigrant: Stevie from the TV Series will be appearing appears in ''Make-Ups and Break-Ups''.Break-Ups'', but the two versions aren't very similar.
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* LovableAlphaBitch: Kacey at the end of the ''Braces and Glasses''.

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* LovableAlphaBitch: Kacey at the end of the ''Braces and Glasses''.Glasses''.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Kacey in ''Break-Ups and Make-Ups'', when she realizes how badly her efforts to get rid of Stevie have screwed things up.
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* BackstabbingTheAlphaBitch: In a rare variant, Kacey does this to herself: Shortly after recovering her status, she [[spoiler: bails on a promise she made to Paige, the girl who helped her out, to hang out with her GirlPosse. Upon hearing the girls badmouthing another student, Kacey has an attack of conscience and publicly apologizes on her school news program.

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* BackstabbingTheAlphaBitch: In a rare variant, Kacey does this to herself: Shortly after recovering her status, she [[spoiler: bails on a promise she made to Paige, the girl who helped her out, to hang out with her GirlPosse. ]] Upon hearing the girls badmouthing another student, Kacey has an attack of conscience and publicly apologizes on her school news program.
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* BigDamnHeroes: Kacey at the end, coming to the rescue when Zander starts losing the crowd during a cover of [[Music/FleetwoodMac "Go Your Own Way".]]
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''How To Rock Braces and Glasses'' - 2011

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* CharacterDevelopmentCanonImmigrant: Stevie from the TV Series will be appearing in ''Make-Ups and Break-Ups''.
* CharacterDevelopment: Really the whole point of ''Braces and Glasses''.



* LoveableAlphaBitch: Kacey at the end of the first book.

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* LoveableAlphaBitch: LovableAlphaBitch: Kacey at the end of the first book.''Braces and Glasses''.
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''How To Rock'' is a series of Young Adult novels written by Meg Haston. They tell the story of Kacey Simon, resident AlphaBitch at Marquette Middle School in [[TheWindyCity Chicago.]] Kacey is an aspiring journalist, a passionate actress, and a social dictator whose words and style basically define the behavior of the majority of the student body. She also has a problem: She's had eyesight issues for a while and her improper use of her contact lenses leaves her with an eye infection, forcing her to stop using them and get glasses. On top of that, a skating accident causes her to chip a tooth, requiring her to get braces. Practically overnight, Kacey goes from the top of the PopularityFoodChain to the bottom and has to join forces with a geeky neighbor and a local rock group in an effort to claw her way back.

There are currently two books:

''How To Rock Braces and Glasses'' - 2011
''How To Rock Make-Ups and Break-Ups'' - September 2012

If you're looking for the TV adaptation, go [[Series/HowToRock here.]]


!!Tropes used in How To Rock

* AlphaBitch: Kacey, though most of the "bitchiness" was actually just BrutalHonesty. For all her cruel words, she genuinely thought she was helping people.
* BackstabbingTheAlphaBitch: In a rare variant, Kacey does this to herself: Shortly after recovering her status, she [[spoiler: bails on a promise she made to Paige, the girl who helped her out, to hang out with her GirlPosse. Upon hearing the girls badmouthing another student, Kacey has an attack of conscience and publicly apologizes on her school news program.
* BrutalHonesty: See AlphaBitch above.
* CharacterDevelopment
* HeelFaceTurn: Kacey
* JerkassRealization: Kacey has one over the course of the ''Braces and Glasses''.
* LoveableAlphaBitch: Kacey at the end of the first book.

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