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Summertime Memories: My Years In Middle School

This is Book No. 4 entitled "Summertime Memories" in the 6 part series "My Years in Middle School".

Follow the adventures of Nancy Jane and her two best friends Helen Schunter and Karen Stamm as they experience school, boys, bullying, getting even, dealing with Nancy Janes' nemesis Lois Talker and more.

Other titles in this series include:

  • Book #1 - The Summer Before
  • Book #2 - Is This Love?
  • Book #3 - Scanner In My Neighborhood
  • Book #5 - Girl's Revenge
  • Book #6 - Lookout High School, Here We Come!

Following is an excerpt from Book #4 "Summertime Memories".

"KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK! KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK!" came a loud pounding on our front door. The irritating noise broke the silence of the beautiful Saturday summer morning that had existed in our house until that moment. One eyelid popped open and I quickly rolled my eye to my alarm clock beside my bed to see what time is was... eight o'clock straight up.

"KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK! KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK!" the sharp sound once again broke the peaceful silence.

As the nighttime cobwebs cleared, my mind focused on, "Who could that be so early on a weekend morning? Was it one of the countless deliveries that my brother Tommy had been getting lately? It seems Tommy was obsessed with fixing up his new old car. Lately he'd been ordering every kind of gadget possible to make his car look and sound better. I'd seen shiny mufflers come through our front door. One day it was a set of chrome wheels I think. And then there was the big flat box with cartoon floor mats. Yes, Tommy's car was becoming quite a show piece."

"Oh good morning Ruby," Mom's voice from down the hallway interrupted my mind wanderings. "What brings you to my house so early on a Saturday morning?"

"GOOD MORNING RUBY! OH NO IT'S RUBY SHELL! SHE'S COME TO GET US! SHE'S GOING POSTAL! I'VE GOT TO WARN MY MOM BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE!" I was instantly wide awake now and my thoughts continued. "Ruby Shell has come to pay us back for humiliating her at Middle School the last week of my Seventh grade year. Oh no, my Mom and I are too young to die!"

I quietly slipped out from under my summertime bright floral sheets and onto the floor. In stealth mode I quickly made my way to the bedroom door and slowly cracked it open so as to get a good look down the long hallway to the front door of our home.

At the end of the hallway and past the living room was my Mom standing in an open doorway conversing with Ruby Shell. I strained to listen intensely so I could capture every word that was drifting down the long hallway towards my bedroom.

"Oh Ruby I'm very sorry for what happened too," my Mom said to Ruby. "But what you had been doing was pretty hurtful. You have to admit that you know?"

"I know," replied an apologetic Ruby, "but they didn't have to be so mean to me in front of the entire Hicston Middle School. That's not the reason that I'm here though. I came to apologize to you and Jack, and your kids Nancy Jane and Tommy."

"WHAT! Did I hear Ruby Shell say, SHE came to apologize to us?" I thought to myself. "This is unbelievable. Ruby Shell should be apologizing to the entire City of Hicston or maybe to all of Northern California. What she had been doing for so many years, listening in on our personal telephone calls was despicable!"

"Now Ruby I think it's best if we just let this whole thing pass," my Mom replied to Ruby Shell. "Just go back home and let's forget it ever happened if we possibly can. We've got a lot of plans this summer. I just want to forget the past and enjoy myself and my kids this summer. That OK with you Ruby?"

Before Ruby could really get out a good answer I watched as my Mom said, "Good!" and closed the door in front of Ruby. I still think my Mom was PO'ed about the diaper
About the Author: Rozie Manton (1959-Present) was born in Englewood, Colorado, to Italian immigrant parents. In 1977 Rozie relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area and has been living there ever since.

In 1981 she graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with an undergraduate degree in English, receiving her Masters Degree in English in 1983.

As a youth she was known as the "Logan Street Bookworm" because of her extreme love for books and reading.

Rozie is extremely creative and artistic. She enjoys observing and interacting with the children in her neighborhood whom she uses as inspiration and story lines for her writings.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781492900115
  • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Publisher Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 60
  • Series Title: My Years in Middle School
  • Weight: 168 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1492900117
  • Publisher Date: 29 Sep 2013
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 3 mm
  • Width: 152 mm


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