And the situations read well: how to deal with jealous girls and crazy boys. The book is short so it isn’t a chore for young girls to read. So the book wasn’t so much about preparing for peer pressure in middle school as it was an opportunity to see what might happen if a girl makes a poor or wise choice (in other words, not sacrificing the future for short term gains). Although situations such as peer pressure can’t really be defined within the pages of a book (they are really experience-only feelings), the consequences of the choices made when under those situations can be written down effectively (thus giving my daughter more armor and ammunition to make better choices and think through situations when they occur in the future). We approached the book as a challenge – to see if she was ready for middle school next year and to check out what choices she’d make and if they were good ones (though several choices have neither ‘good’ nor ‘bad’ consequences, which is nice). I gave this to my 11 year old and she really enjoyed it, her one comment at the end was that it was too short and she wished there were more challenges. In it, life lessons and consequences are explored through the choices girls make as they read the stories. Surviving Middle School is an engaging “choose your own adventure” type of book for young girls.
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