THE AMAZING LIFE OF BIRDS: (A TWENTY-DAY PUBERTY JOURNAL OF DUANE HOMER LEECH) AS DISCOVERED BY GARY PAULSEN

March 21

Dear Journal,

So far this week a cute baby bird appeared outside my bedroom window, a ginormous zit appeared in the middle of my face, I dreamt about ELBOWS (not really elbows if you get my meaning), I babbled like an idiot to the cute new girl in my class, everybody thinks I'm carrying an infectious disease.

Puberty needs to be over already!!!

Your friend, the miserable zit factory,
Duane

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