Abigail C

I really am grateful for this book and i really love it. to be honest i also am a Christian 13 year old girl in 8th grade and i feel i can relate to shannon so much because i was also told that i was always to sensitive and of course everyone can relate that middle school is quite a lot going through so many changes with our body. I've never met anyone who felt like me, so when i read this book i thought wow there are actually girls who feel like me. Middle school is truly like a roller coaster ride at times. Sometimes your happy then at other times your stressed or feeling like your alone or have very low self esteem which causes you to lash out at everyone like you siblings or parents. There are times when you feel like crying and just being done with life, school, being social, responsibility and trying to please everyone. No one is perfect but some people around you tend to act like they are or maybe in your eyes they seem that way, which sometimes may make you feel like your lower than them. And like Shannon i many days i just want to stay home from school. I too am tired of being thirteen i too am tired of being older. my mother even once asked if i wanted to see a psychiatrist or get some kind of counseling to help with this mental state. But i am still working on myself emotionally and physically because we all need to learn to love ourselves to the utmost degree.