“Tweens: Julia, Tracy and Lisa Pages From Our Dairies,” by Jennifer Jones, is an excellent, exciting book for tween and early teen girls to help them understand puberty and their emotions. It is a multicultural and inspirational book with Lisa, Tracy and Julia sharing friendship, girls’ talk and reflections from their diaries on growing up, their emotions, social interactions, own voice, the strength of positive thinking, physical changes, self-confidence, anger management, fun activities, games, community involvement and more.
Excerpt
Julia
Hi. My name is Julia Ricci. I was born in America, but my mom is from France and my father was born in Italy. My parents divorced when I was 5 years old. I live in the town of Austin in Hemsley, Penoria.
I loved blowing bubbles when I was 5 years old. It was a cool trick that my mom taught me to make me feel like I was blowing my worries away. I worried about how me, my sister Sofi, and my mom would get along now that my dad wasn’t there anymore.
At 7 years old, I was a pro at blowing bubbles. My friends and I would have a contest to see who could blow the biggest bubble. I usually won. Let’s say I had a lot of practice at it. Hey! It’s really cool.
But now I’m a tween. Yeah! Zippy! I’m celebrating and loving it, even though there are so many changes from when I was younger to now. My best friends are Tracy and Lisa. We write in our diaries and share a lot of what we write about.
Anyway, as I was saying, in a way of introducing myself, I’m sensitive. Actually, I’m a tad bit over sensitive and my feelings get hurt easily sometimes, which is something I’m working on. My friends help to keep me in check about it. Tracy would make jokes and Lisa would tell me, “What advice would you give yourself?” She says that because she knows I’m pretty good at giving advice.
I like to stay positive and I’m non-judgemental. My mom tells me that’s a very grown-up attitude. I don’t like people judging me, so I figure I shouldn’t judge other people either. I’m eco-friendly. I think we have to take care of the earth as best as we can. I think that developed from one of my first chores, which was putting the water bottles in the recycling garbage.
Ok, I got to admit, I’m more of a serious kind of person. But, hold up! I’m really cool and one of my biggest likes is fashion. It’s a secret thing of mine to do sketches of outfits. Not even Lisa and Tracy know that I do sketches!
Even if your pre-teens don’t like reading, they’re sure to enjoy reading this second edition of Tweens: Julia, Tracy and Lisa Pages From Our Dairies by Jennifer Jones with fun activities, reading along from the pages of the girls diaries, motivational quotes and journal prompts to inspire them. Its an amazing, fun read that’s a sure pick for parents, teachers, liberians and homeschooling educators.
It makes a wonderful gift to pre-teen and early teen girls.
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