Table of Contents
Foreword xi
Introduction xiii
1 Straight Up Girl Stuff
A Perfect Fit Kathy Lynn Harris 2
Not Just for Girls Anymore! Diane Sonntag 9
The Bust Developer Mary Laufer 11
"One Day You'll Look Back on This ..." Laurie Lonsdale 15
The Day I Gave My Panties Away Katherine Anne Magee 18
Unidentified Floating Object Sandra Wallace 22
Girl to Girl Multiple Authors 26
Do Girls Belong? Angelica Haggert 34
2 I've Got the Power
Big Things Dallas Nicole Woodburn 38
Call Me Cynthia M. Hamond 42
The Slam Book Barbara J. Ragsdale 47
Compassion for a Bully Melanie Pastor 50
The Most Important Lesson Hope Rollins 54
Lost and Found Dream Kathryn Lay 58
A Cheer of Triumph Kim Rogers 61
3 Friendship and Bffs
Soul Sisters Kayla K. Kurashige 66
The Five Flavors Roxanne Gowharrizi 71
My Friend Anna Vier 74
Forget Him Sarah Hood 78
Do You Remember When? Mina Radman 81
One Is Silver and the Other Is Gold Karen Waldman 83
A Friend's Secret Bethany Rogers 89
A Valentine to My Friends Rachel Punches 94
4 Family Matters
The Day Our Dad Came Home Pamela D. Hamalainen 99
God on Her Side Ashleigh Figler-Ehrlich 103
Miracle Babies Stephanie Marquez 109
The Perfect Brother Kacy Gilbert-Gard 113
One Single Egg Cheryl L. Goede 117
Raining Memories Kirsten Lee Strough 121
Sarah's Story Sarah Crunican 125
Home Cynthia Charlton 129
5 Sister Sister
Ready or Not Morri Spang 135
Jackie's Little Sister Lauren Alyson Schara 140
Big Sister Olga Cossi 142
If Only Rita M. Tubbs 146
The Wild Hair Ariel G. Subrahmanyam 150
The Gift of Faith Nydja K. Minor 152
Best Friend Bethany Gail Hicks 156
6 Tough Stuff
For Michelle Satya Pennington 162
The Day My Life Ended Sammie Luther 166
Cancer, the Only Word I Can't Say Sammi Lupher 169
It's Never Your Fault Hattie Frost 172
BFF Courtney VanDyne 176
Hero Brittany Shope 180
Behind the Bathroom Door Katy Van Hoy 185
Sleep-Away Camp Kellyrose Andrews 189
7 The Pressure's On
So Which Will It Be? Us-or Her? Anne Broyles 194
Danny's Courage Penny S. Harmon 198
You Are Never Too Young to Take a Stand Maudie Conrad 201
Trying to Handle It Marcela Dario Fuentes 204
The Party That Lasted a Lifetime Leigh Hughes 208
Suffocating Marion Distante 215
To Have a Boyfriend-or Not? Patty Hansen 217
Easy as 1, 2,...3 Emily A. Malloy 223
Intimidation Carrie Joy Carson 226
8 Crushin' Hard
My Story Melanie Marks 232
A "Bite" of All Right! Paula Goldsmith 237
Never Should Have Kristen Weil 240
My First Kiss Khristine J. Quibilan 245
Secret Crush Karin A. Lovold 247
The Truth Anna Bittner 251
Learning How to Move On Elizabeth White 253
Nineteen Kathleen Benefiel 256
9 Changes, Changes and More Changes
Late Bloomer Julie Workman 260
ARB Alison Gunn 265
Headgear Stephanie Dodson 269
Did She Say "Ovary"? Tasha R. Howe 273
Hair Horror Michelle Peters 279
Strapped for Cash Robin Sokol 283
I Learned the Truth at Thirteen Carol Ayer 288
10 Free To Be Me
The Shy Girl Laura Andrade 292
Never Cool Enough Natalie Ver Woert 298
Parting Ways Christina Shaw 303
Sweet Lies Laura Gene Beck 305
Okay to Be Me Monica Marie Jones 310
Ugly Girl Morri Spang 314
Afterword Rachel Punches 320
Who Is Jack Canfield? 323
Who Is Mark Victor Hansen? 324
Who Is Patty Hansen? 325
Who Is Irene Dunlap? 326
What Is Discovery Girls Magazine? 327
Contributors 329
Permissions 339