From Barbies to your first bra, from holding your teddy bear to slowdancing with your first boyfriend, from knowing everyone in elementary school to trying to make new friends in middle school. . . . When dealing with these changes, it's no wonder preteen girls can freak out from time to time.
Table of Contents: Foreword -- Introduction -- 1. Straight Up Girl Stuff -- A Perfect Fit / Kathy Lynn Harris -- Not Just for Girls Anymore! / Diane Sonntag -- The Bust Developer / Mary Laufer -- One Day You'll Look Back on This ... / Laurie Lonsdale -- The Day I Gave My Panties Away / Katherine Anne Magee -- Unidentified Floating Object / Sandra Wallace -- Girl to Girl / Multiple Authors -- Do Girls Belong? / Angelica Haggert -- 2. I've Got the Power -- Big Things / Dallas Nicole Woodburn -- Call Me / Cynthia M. Hamond -- The Slam Book / Barbara J. Ragsdale -- Compassion for a Bully / Melanie Pastor -- The Most Important Lesson / Hope Rollins -- Lost and Found Dream / Kathryn Lay -- A Cheer of Triumph / Kim Rogers -- 3. Friendship and Bffs -- Soul Sisters / Kayla K. Kurashige -- The Five Flavors / Roxanne Gowharrizi -- My Friend / Anna Vier -- Forget Him / Sarah Hood -- Do You Remember When? / Mina Radman -- One Is Silver and the Other Is Gold / Karen Waldman -- A Friend's Secret / Bethany Rogers -- A Valentine to My Friends / Rachel Punches -- 4. Family Matters -- The Day Our Dad Came Home / Pamela D. Hamalainen -- God on Her Side / Ashleigh Figler-Ehrlich -- Miracle Babies / Stephanie Marquez -- The Perfect Brother / Kacy Gilbert-Gard -- One Single Egg / Cheryl L. Goede -- Raining Memories / Kirsten Lee Strough -- Sarah's Story / Sarah Crunican -- Home / Cynthia Charlton -- 5. Sister Sister -- Ready or Not / Morri Spang -- Jackie's Little Sister / Lauren Alyson Schara -- Big Sister / Olga Cossi -- If Only / Rita M. Tubbs -- The Wild Hair / Ariel G. Subrahmanyam -- The Gift of Faith / Nydja K. Minor -- Best Friend / Bethany Gail Hicks -- 6. Tough Stuff -- For Michelle / Satya Pennington -- The Day My Life Ended / Sammie Luther -- Cancer, the Only Word I Can't Say / Sammi Lupher -- It's Never Your Fault / Hattie Frost -- BFF / Courtney VanDyne -- Hero / Brittany Shope -- Behind the Bathroom Door / Katy Van Hoy -- Sleep-Away Camp / Kellyrose Andrews -- 7. The Pressure's On -- So Which Will It Be? Us-or Her? / Anne Broyles -- Danny's Courage / Penny S. Harmon -- You Are Never Too Young to Take a Stand / Maudie Conrad -- Trying to Handle It / Marcela Dario Fuentes -- The Party That Lasted a Lifetime / Leigh Hughes -- Suffocating / Marion Distante -- To Have a Boyfriend-or Not? / Patty Hansen -- Easy as 1, 2, ...3 / Emily A. Malloy -- Intimidation / Carrie Joy Carson -- 8. Crushin' Hard -- My Story / Melanie Marks -- A Bite of All Right! / Paula Goldsmith -- Never Should Have / Kristen Weil -- My First Kiss / Khristine J. Quibilan -- Secret Crush / Karin A. Lovold -- The Truth / Anna Bittner -- Learning How to Move On / Elizabeth White -- Nineteen / Kathleen Benefiel -- 9. Changes, Changes and More Changes -- Late Bloomer / Julie Workman -- ARB / Alison Gunn -- Headgear / Stephanie Dodson -- Did She Say Ovary? / Tasha R. Howe -- Hair Horror / Michelle Peters -- Strapped for Cash / Robin Sokol -- I Learned the Truth at Thirteen / Carol Ayer -- 10. Free To Be Me -- The Shy Girl / Laura Andrade -- Never Cool Enough / Natalie Ver Woert -- Parting Ways / Christina Shaw -- Sweet Lies / Laura Gene Beck -- Okay to Be Me / Monica Marie Jones -- Ugly Girl / Morri Spang -- Afterword / Rachel Punches -- Who Is Jack Canfield? -- Who Is Mark Victor Hansen? -- Who Is Patty Hansen? -- Who Is Irene Dunlap? -- What Is Discovery Girls Magazine? -- Contributors -- Permissions
