the diary of a middle school tomboy (english edition)  middle school was hard. trust me, as an eighth-grader at pine ridge middle school, i already knew this. what i didn’t know was that it was about to get a lot harder for me. <br> <br>when i woke monday morning, my to-do list consisted of spending time with my friends, doing homework, and waiting for basketball season to start in a few months. all that changed at lunchtime. now, instead of watching the middle school football team games, i was about to try out for the team. as if that wasn’t tough enough, i had to do it while the boy i had liked since sixth grade watched and deal with the rumors someone started about me at school. <br> <br>thankfully, i had three of the best friends in the world, and i knew with their help i would get through this. who knew, maybe i would make the team and get the guy before it was all over. <br>