Category: middle grade books
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Valentine’s Day
Author’s Note: This is an excerpt from Diary of a 6th Grade “C” Cup, a Growing UP Girls book. Dear RBG: Yesterday was Valentine’s Day at school. I was up late filling out cards for every single person in my class. That’s the rule, so no one feels bad. We have to give a card…
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Heart Soap
I like school, but I’m beginning to get the impression that school doesn’t like me.I don’t fit in. I’m not popular. I’m not a brainiac. And I’m not especially talented at anything, yet. I’m still a kid just trying to figure out who I am. But nobody sees me and I always feel like…
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Trading Places
Kara said it 100 times a day. “When I grow up, I’ll stay up late.” “When I grow up, I can see what I want online and watch my movies.” “I can’t wait to grow up and do whatever I want.” She thought growing up was the ultimate utopia of unlimited freedom where she could…
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In Search of… Teen Behavior
Xena was a typical teenager on Earth 22. But on this Earth in the multiverse, teens were different. Their advanced curriculum allows them to begin their chosen occupation at the age of 16. Because of her intense curiosity toward other worlds in the multiverse, Xena started her career as a surveyor to observe other worlds…
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Bullies and Being Yourself
I write about bullying for a reason. I was bullied as a child. I was teased for things that were completely beyond my control, simply because others wanted to prop themselves up with their peers or in their own minds by stepping on me. I know many others of all ages who experienced similar things.…
Growing UP Books by Suzanne Rudd 