I just finished listening to a really good book called The Kind of Friends We Used To Be by Frances O'Roark Dowell.  This book is a wonderful read for anyone in or who will soon be going to Junior High School.  The story has two main characters, one is a cheerleader who is running for class office and the other wants to be a guitar player and write songs.  They have been friends since nursery school and now they are finding that they don't have much in common any more.  You also get to know a number of other people including the new girl in school, who dresses in black and spends her time drawing, the next door neighbor who has pink hair, the quiet boy in writing club and many others. 

This book will really gives you a sense of how friendships change and grow and how we can remain true to ourselves and others even with peer pressure and the other challenges that we face growing up.

A must read for anyone in 5th grade and up.

Miss Jennifer