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PublisherSalem RD Publishing

ISBN-100578655136

ISBN-139780578655130

eBay Product ID (ePID)15038760335

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SubjectGeneral

Publication Year2020

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameChill Out & Stop Making this Weird : a Girl's Survival Guide Extraordinaire

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaJuvenile Fiction, Education

AuthorKelly Olson

FormatTrade Paperback

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Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience

SynopsisMaddie thought trying to survive the last day of the puberty unit at school was going to be her biggest challenge until the question dropped from the sky like an atomic bomb hitting the lunch table. "Maddie, have you had your period yet?" Maddie always resorted to humor with a dash of sass to get through every awkward moment, but suddenly being clueless and braless wasn't so funny. Will the lovable and confused Maddie endure one.more.day of menstruation talk? A bra fitting? Her first big pimple? Will she pass the final puberty test or have to take the class over again in the summer with Zach? Isn't there a puberty survival manual filled with step-by-step instructions on how to endure this awkward life experience? Where's one when you desperately need one? Chill Out & Stop Making This Weird: A Girl's Survival Guide Extraordinaire takes you on a pubescent girl's heart-felt and humorous journey as she realistically navigates the complexities of puberty. This book aligns with National Health Education Standards and educates tweens/teens in a safe, light-hearted way. Discussion questions are provided at the end of the book if adults choose to facilitate conversation about puberty and a portion of each book sale is donated to the nonprofit Days for Girls International to help end period poverty. See link on author page for more information., Chill Out & Stop Making This Weird is a middle grade novel about a lovable and confused girl trying to survive puberty through the balance of humor, a little sass, and moments of everyday preteen anxiety. Maddie delivers essential information about complex and intimate topics with her step by step instructional survival guide extraordinaire on how to endure this baffling life experience, connecting the girl in all of us.Until now, Maddie has gotten away with not having a clue about her changing body. She's always laughed through the dumb puberty jokes as if she understands them. But when she realizes that she isn't invited as a member of the Period Club, nor even knew one existed, things become less funny. It doesn't help that being clueless and braless adds a whole new challenge to tween survival.Will the lovable and confused Maddie endure one.more.day of menstruation talk while having to sit next to the hottie-of-hots, Chet Johnson? Will she follow her grandiose plan to skip school during the puberty unit or will she chicken out?Isn't there a puberty survival manual filled with step-by-step instructions on how to endure this baffling life experience? Where's one when you desperately need one?