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Margaret is in sixth grade, trying to figure life out as she also tries to understand about religion, sex, girlhood and boys. She has grown up in a family of different religions and the quest to just have one in her life makes her uncomfortable and inquisitive about her life. She tries to establish better relations with her grandparents as well, however like any other family; she does end up liking some more than the others with minor confrontations. I think that this book is a serious book and it reinforces that no matter how times have changed, the human struggle, in this case for Margaret is timeless. The inner conflicts don't necessary change with time, the story is relatable and it will connect with girls now as well. ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT'S ME MARGARET is by JUDY BLUME.For grades 5th and up.
More a collage of everyday items than a straight novel, we follow Ginny's hopeful first year in middle school. She wants to have the perfect hair but it doens't go quite as plan. She'd like to get the role of the sugar plum fairy but she is part of the "ensemble" instead. A really fun peek at one girl's daily life. Nothing goes as plan and everything in her life seems to be falling apart. Middle School Is Worse Than Meatloaf by Jennifer Holm, is a perfect book for someone looking to read something quirky and different. For middle schoolers.
Three girls are sent off to a boarding school in New England after their fathers marry for the second time. They find their lives and relationships with their fathers changed drastically from the pre-stepmother period. Slowly the girls realize the situation they have in common and form a club to empower themselves and seek revenge on their stepmothers. The plan was simple, destroy what is most important to the stepmothers. But the plan doesn't quite work out as the girls had hoped and they begin to see their stepmothers in a different light. Poison Apples by Lily Archer is for middle school readers and older.
