The Coral Palace — Tara Maya

Shivani has to win. Not only to make her parents proud of her…But to prove that there is nothing her handsome, arrogant rival, Zale Ackerman, can do that she can't do better.When he beats her for science club president, she vows that in their next contest, an international science fair, she will triumph at last.If only Zale weren't so gorgeous. And funny. And aggravating.But then her science partner, whom she's never met in real life—only in their avatars as tiny shrimp as part of their marine biology project—offers to help her get back at her rival. What could go wrong? This is a stand-alone Young Adult Romance Science Fiction novel in the world of the Seastead Adventures.