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Holm, Jennifer L.

Eighth Grade Is Making Me Sick: Ginny Davis's Year in Stuff

(3) 4-6 Illustrated by Elicia Castaldi. Now-eighth-grader Ginny (Middle School Is Worse than Meatloaf) makes the cheerleading team and starts dating. But stepfather Bob loses his job, Mom has a preemie baby, older brother Henry is in trouble again, and Ginny is diagnosed with ulcerative colitis. This pithy yet comprehensive chronicle of the family's ups and downs is again presented as an eye-catching scrapbook including notes, pictures, school assignments, and lists.

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