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by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
Published Jun 2007
Read ReviewsA well-written story written in a pitch-perfect teenage voice. D. J. Schwenk is an unforgettable character: A football-loving 15-year-old who takes over running her family's small Wisconsin dairy farm when her dad is injured. Like the rest of her family, she is not much of a talker - but when she meets Brian, a snooty quarterback assigned to her...
Knocked Out by My Nunga-Nungas
by Louise Rennison
Published Mar 2003
Read ReviewsIn this third installment of Georgia's hilarious confessions, Georgia's 'red bottomosity' is out of control! Whatever will happen next?
What Every Girl (Except Me) Knows
by Nora Raleigh Baskin
Published Nov 2002
Read ReviewsA humorous and resonant novel about a girl growing up without a mother, of preteen friendships and the necessity of coming to terms with a loss before being able to move on with one's life. Ages 10+
by Virginia Euwer Wolff
Published Sep 2002
Read ReviewsLaVaughn is fifteen and big questions separate her from her friends. Wolff (author of Make Lemonade) unmasks the secret thoughts adolescents hold sacred and, in so doing, lets her readers know they are not alone. Ages 12+.
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