Girl Stories

I bought this for my 12-year-old daughter for xmas. Started leafing through it this afternoon and ended up reading it cover to cover. Well-written, funny, and nicely drawn. I highly recommend this book for middle school aged kids. It deals with adolescent issues without crossing into heavy duty territory - in other words, no sex (other than kissing), no swearing, no nudity. Yet it doesn't read as if it were sanitized or dumbed down. Girl Stories deals hilariously with the issues that can make a kid's life a misery in junior high. I can't recommend it enough. The episode about the belly button piercing alone is worth the price of the book and will probably make YOUR kid think twice before doing that herself.

This book made me laugh out loud! Story after story was surprising and completely relatable. This is a must read for anyone who is a girl, was a girl, or knows a girl! Love it! This is a great reaffirming gift for a birthday or holiday.