Lucy and Cecee’S How to Survive (And Thrive) in Middle School

Kimberly Dana

Apr 2012 · iUniverse

About this ebook

Time to put the freak-out on pause because outgoing, boy-crazy Lucy Pringle and shy, studious, bespectacled CeCee Cruz have the goods on how to make middle school the best three years ever!

Lucy and CeCeethe official self-proclaimed Madison Heights Middle School experts on how to deal with haters, hormones, and hot lunch dilemmasare ready to demystify swirlie urban legends and dish about academic and social topics. Theyre keeping it real, lacing diary entries with their own daily escapades regarding skater slacker boyfriend crushes, BFF shopping trips to the mall, and BEE (Bitter Eternal Enemies) text wars. The two seventh graders swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth so help them Good Fairy of Popularity.

In this handbook, two girls who have already survived boyfriends, sleepovers, nerd crushes, detentions, and runaway pimples share helpful hints and lingo lessons that will help tweens not only survive, but thrive while navigating through all the gory glory of middle school.

Ratings and reviews

Middle School . . . the worst years of your life . . . or are they? Lucy and CeCee, seventh grade experts, have devised the perfect handbook for middle school survival. Everything from honing in on the types of teachers and how to handle them, to planning the perfect sleepover, foolproof tardy excuses, and the importance of maintaining social decorum . . . these gals advise even the most socially handicapped in a humorous, yet realistic guide about how to succeed in middle school. Do you need to know how to successfully pass that all important note during class? Are you still not clear on how to distract a teacher during the most boring lecture of all time? What do you do at the mall other than shop? These gals know all and tell all in their instructional account of surviving and thriving in middle school. Seemingly different, these BFFs come together in their devotion to one another. Lucy’s goal is to do anything necessary to land the perfect boyfriend (even if he is already dating the most popular girl in school) and CeCee is determined to earn straight A’s (a B+ in one subject results in her battle with an eating disorder), while both offer tips and strategies for doing the same. Their journey takes the girls down different paths as they combat the challenges of self-discovery and keeping their friendship real. But Lucy and CeCee are BFFs to the end. This nostalgic read is both fun and informative in its perspective of middle school existence. The author’s use of tweenie vernacular adds to character development and theme relevance. I really enjoyed Lucy and CeCee's "How to Survive (And Thrive) in Middle School".

I just finished elementary school a week ago and read this book for my project next year and this book is like OMG I've learned slot from this book and this book was the best book I have ever read idc what other people think this is awesome

About the author

Kimberly Dana is an award-winning author and middle school teacher who relies on her students to provide her with insight into the world of tweendom. She is the recipient of several writing honors from Writer’s Digest and the Pacific Northwest Writers Association. Kimberly lives in Los Angeles and Nashville with her husband and their spoiled Shih Tzu, Gizzy.