Diary of a 6th Grade Girl #1: How to Survive Middle School by Claudia Lamadre Read Free Book Online Page B

now, we’re still just friends I think. But maybe I’ll be his girlfriend sometime. That would definitely make Kristy jealous of me.
    When we went to school again yesterday, Kyle told everyone that we went to the movies and to dinner together. It made Kristy really mad, and she didn’t even talk to me! She just glared at me when we passed in the hallway. I like it this way a lot more and I hope she decides not to talk to me anymore. She can be really mean.
    Oh, I had my first science quiz today. I think I must have failed. It was only ten questions, but they were all a lot harder than they were in Elementary School. There was an essay question at the bottom that was the hardest to do, and I’m not very good at writing. I hope my grade doesn’t go down, but the teacher said it was just to give us some practice. I think that I should start studying more than once a week.

Day 11
    Dear Diary,
    I was talking about how bad I am at Science during lunch today, and another girl told me that she’s good at it. She offered to help me with Science if I help her with Math, so we’re going to study together once a week! I’m really excited, because I think she might become my best friend.
    Her name is Sharon, and she’s really sweet. She moved here a few years ago, from a completely different country, so she knows what it’s like to be the new girl. She talks with an accent too, but I didn’t know if it was rude to ask where she was from.
    I gave her my phone number, and she called around dinner time so that I could ask my mom if it’s okay for me to stay after school tomorrow. We’re going to do our studying together every Thursday, since she has something else to do every other day of the week. She dances, and she takes music lessons, and she even plays sports! I don’t think she likes to, but her mom makes her do it.
    I’m really happy to have a new friend, and I have someone who can help me with Science. Our grades and our social lives are getting better at the same time! We’ll invite the other kids at our lunch table to come too, but I don’t know if they’ll want to. They don’t really study very much, and I think that some of them might even end up failing. One of the girls at our table looks like she should be in High School, but she’s only in 8 th grade. I’m determined to keep my grades up; I would hate to be held back. It would be embarrassing, and my parents would kill me .

Day 12
    Dear Diary,
    Today is Friday, and guess what?! I’m having my first ever sleepover tomorrow. Sharon is coming over, and we’re going to have so much fun. It’s going to be really nice. My mom rented some movies for us, and we’re going to order pizza, and have ice cream. We might study, if we have enough time for that.
    And some other exciting news is that Kyle taped a note to my locker this morning. It said: “Hi Sarah, I’m not going to eat lunch in the cafeteria today, so I wanted to see if you would come to the library with me. It will just be the two of us. Hope I can see you there! Kyle, xoxoxo”
    I had to ask Sharon what the “xoxoxo” part meant. She says it means hugs and kisses! That is really sweet of him. Too bad Kristy didn’t see. She didn’t come to school today, and I heard it was because she was getting her braces put on. Maybe she won’t be so popular with braces.
    I did go to see Kyle, and it was really fun. I helped him study for our Social Studies test, because he has trouble with that. He’s really cute, and I like the way he plays with his hair when he’s thinking.
    I have to go clean my room so it will be ready for the sleepover tomorrow! I’m really excited. That’s two weeks of Middle School completely done with. It’s been great too, and I think that I’m going to enjoy the rest of the year. I just hope it keeps going this well.

Day 13
    Dear Diary,
    Sharon just left, and it’s almost time for dinner. The sleepover was a lot of fun! I hardly slept at all. We stayed up all night,