My worst day-- and how I survived it
By: edited by Sarah Verney and Naomi Kirsten
Series: Discovery girls -- 4; Discovery girls (San Jose, Calif.) -- 4.
Publisher: Discovery Girls
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Los Altos, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 110
ISBN-13: 9781934766071
Subjects: Girls; Anecdotes; Juvenile literature; Social conditions; Teenage girls; Resilience (Personality trait); Interpersonal conflict; Friendship; Family crises; People with disabilities
Description: A collection of true stories from girls in the United States and Canada who have survived tough times.
Table of contents: title: When you don't fit in. My friends all left me! ; I was bullied ; I thought I was ugly; title: Friendship troubles. My BFF totally rejected me ; I was cyberbullied ; It's hard to be "the new girl"; title: When parents let you down. I'm so disappointed in my dad! ; My stepdad doesn't love me; title: Tough times for families. My dad lost his job ; Drugs changed my cousin's life forever ; Robbed at gunpoint; title: Loss. My broken family ; My mom died; title: Making amends. Can't we just rewind? ; I toilet-papered my teacher's house!; title: Living with disabilities. I am not stupid! ; Diabetes changed my whole life ; I felt so dumb!