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  DEDICATION

  For the Rosenberg crew—Aaron, Karen,

  Ari, Sharon, Ezra, Maayan, Elon, and Andrew

  CONTENTS

  Cover

  Title Page

  Dedication

  Peep Squad 4 Life

  Silver Girls 4 Eva

  Silver Girls 4 Eva

  Peep Squad 4 Life

  Silver Girls 4 Eva

  Silver Girls 4 Life

  Cecily, Mara

  Silver Girls 4 Life

  Colin, Gabrielle

  Unknown, Gabrielle

  Prianka, Gabrielle

  Colin, Gabrielle

  Camping OMG So Soon Whatttttt

  Silver Girls 4 Life

  Code Red Help Me Now

  Code Red Help Me Now

  Colin, Gabrielle

  Silver Girls 4 Life

  Cecily, Mara

  Bra Shopping Prep OMG

  OMG Comps

  OMG Original SQUAD

  OMG Your Mom

  Arjun, Vishal, Prianka

  Good Morning Friendsssssss

  Good Morning Friendsssssss

  Original Squad

  Plans????

  Bal Vihar Party

  Code Red Pri Drama

  Code Red Pri Drama

  Code Red Pri Drama

  Cecily, Gabrielle

  Code Red Pri Drama

  Silver Girls 4 Life

  Cecily, Mom

  Dolphin Squad

  Prianka, Arjun

  Vic’s New BFFs LOL

  OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

  Arjun, Vishal, Prianka

  OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

  Silver Girls 4 Life

  Cecily, Mara

  Dolphin Squad Missing Cece

  Dolphin Squad Missing Cece

  Cecily, Mara

  V’s Partaaayyyyyyy

  Bra Shopping Day

  Boob Drama

  Too Much Drama

  Gabrielle, Mom

  BFF Power Squad

  BFF Power Squad

  BFF Power Squad

  Party for V!!!!

  Vishal, Prianka

  Emergency Text Sesh

  Best Squad in the World

  Best Squad in the World

  Cecily, Mara

  BFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

  Phew

  Charades 4 Life

  Cecily, Mara

  Cecily, Prianka

  Cecily, Gabrielle

  Cecily, Mara

  Party Party Party

  Vishal, Prianka

  Party Party Party

  Party Party Party

  Cecily, Mara

  Guys, Please Help

  Party Party Party

  Cake

  UR the Best, Cece, Please Don’t Cry

  Prianka, Gabrielle

  OMG

  Vishal, Prianka

  Cecily, Mara

  Summmerrrrrrrrr

  Glossary

  Acknowledgments

  About the Author

  Books by Lisa Greenwald

  Back Ads

  Copyright

  About the Publisher

  PEEP SQUAD 4 LIFE

  PRIANKA

  Guysssss pls hold bus 4 me

  GABRIELLE

  Again, Pri?

  PRIANKA

  Couldn’t find penguin pjs & now I’m soooooooo late

  CECILY

  Holding but hurry

  GABRIELLE

  I am sooooooo excited it’s spirit week

  Have been waiting my whole life 4 this

  PRIANKA

  4 real, Gabs? LOL

  GABRIELLE

  Yes 4 real

  CECILY

  LOL

  PRIANKA

  Can’t wait to see ur pjs

  From: Mr. Carransey, Principal, Yorkville Middle School

  To: All Middle School Students, Parents, Faculty, Staff

  Subject: SPIRIT WEEK IS HERE!

  Dear Yorkville Middle School Community:

  As you know, Spirit Week is here! The last week of school. The final days of the academic year.

  It is a happy, fun, joyous, celebratory time! However, we must make sure it is a safe time as well—both in person and online. Above all, we must be kind to one another. Let’s remember all the lessons we have learned.

  Day 1 = pajama day + trivia bowl + campfire lunch day!

  See attached for our FULL SPIRIT WEEK SCHEDULE! WOO!

  Have fun!

  Principal Carransey

  Be the change you want to see in the world. —Gandhi

  SPIRIT WEEK SCHEDULE

  MONDAY:

  Pajama Day

  Trivia Bowl

  Cookout Campfire Lunch

  TUESDAY:

  College Day

  Tug-of-War

  Locker Cleanout

  Creative Sandwiches Lunch

  WEDNESDAY:

  Singdown

  Finals Pass-Back

  Color War Relay

  Optional Fence-Painting Project + Pizza

  THURSDAY:

  Bagel Breakfast

  Team Community Service Morning

  Early Dismissal aka Take-a-Break Day

  FRIDAY:

  LAST DAY OF SCHOOL

  Turn in Computers

  Charades

  SILVER GIRLS 4 EVA

  VICTORIA

  OMG I LOVE PAJAMAS

  I kinda wish we all matched like M girls do

  CECILY

  True but I HAD 2 wear these flamingo shorty pjs

  I luv them so much

  GABRIELLE

  And Pri is obsessed w/ her penguin ones

  And these zebra stripy capris r my fave

  VICTORIA

  Omg u r all animals

  GABRIELLE

  Not on purpose I swear

  VICTORIA

  I am the only rainbow

  CECILY

  Sooo that means…….

  We r noah’s ark theme

  Animals + rainbow

  VICTORIA

  Ooooh

  GABRIELLE

  OMG YES

  VICTORIA

  Ur a genius

  CECILY

  Pays 2 pay attention in Sunday school

  PRIANKA

  LOL

  CECILY

  We all look super fab

  Don’t 4get campfire cooking day guysssss

  VICTORIA

  Will help u all get ready 4 ur camping trip

  GABRIELLE

  True but it’s weird we r all just randomly gonna cook in the woods behind school

  PRIANKA

  It’ll be cool Gabs

  U gotta get over ur weird camping phobia before we go LOL

  GABRIELLE

  Ok

  1st bell just rang

  Phones away

  VICTORIA

  Luv how we text when we r right next 2 each other

  CECILY

  It is a little weird tho

  PRIANKA

  I feel like peeps r always eavesdropping so texting is safer

  GABRIELLE

  Not really cuz we know parents always snoop on our phones LOL

  CECILY

  NOTHING IS SAFE

  Dun dun dun

  VICTORIA

  Hahahahahahahah

  GABRIELLE

  K phones away 4 real now

  I c hall monitor coming

  PRIANKA

  Smooooches

  From: Mr. Akiyama, Vice Principal, Yorkville Middle School

  To: All Middle School Students

  Subject: Surprise addition to Spirit Week!

  Hi, all!

  Spirit Week is off to a great start! But we want to add one more (optional) activity!

  Please submit an essay
(no more than 500 words) highlighting your reflections on the school year. The winner will receive a $100 gift certificate to Jennie’s Pizza. Yum!

  Good luck!

  Mr. Akiyama

  #YORKVILLEUNITED

  Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean.—Ryunosuke Satoro

  SILVER GIRLS 4 EVA

  PRIANKA

  Guyssssss how insane was that trivia bowl

  Why does Jared act like such a know it all

  CECILY

  IDK but he really does

  GABRIELLE

  He got so many answers right tho

  PRIANKA

  IK but he’s so braggy

  VICTORIA

  Not complaining bc my team won woooooo hoooooo

  Good 2 have Jared around

  CECILY

  Haha same

  PRIANKA

  Blargh 2 u, Vic

  CECILY

  Guys I snapped a pic of the beans my team made @ the campfire cookout

  Ur so lucky ur on other teams

  We may have won trivia bowl but I was stuck making this

  Y did we get the grossest thing

  GABRIELLE

  EWWWWWWWWW

  PRIANKA

  R team’s shish kebabs were really good

  GABRIELLE

  Vic, did u like r tinfoil hamburgers

  VICTORIA

  They were

  GABRIELLE

  Yeah not bad

  Glad we r on same team

  VICTORIA

  Me 2

  PRIANKA

  R u all on now

  Forgot 2 tell u my mom is picking me up 4 bal vihar meeting 4 next yr even tho we have bal vihar party this week toooooooo

  VICTORIA

  Oh yeah Arjie said he was going 2 that

  GABRIELLE

  Arjie LOL

  Ur still totes in Vic

  VICTORIA

  Yupppppppppp

  Will miss him sooo much when I’m in philly all summer & miss u guys too obv

  But I’m excited to b w/ Nic & Kim & my grandma LOL

  GABRIELLE

  Hahahahahahahahah

  Pri, we r all on

  CECILY

  Wondered where u were

  PRIANKA

  This is COMO 4 real

  VICTORIA

  What is COMO

  PRIANKA

  Like FOMO but since I’m actually missing out…

  Crying over missing out

  GABRIELLE

  LOL

  PRIANKA

  JK I’m not really crying but can we make COMO a thing

  CECILY

  Sure, on it!

  GABRIELLE

  Same

  VICTORIA

  I will be COMO all summer

  555-55

  YORKVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL TEXT ALERT: Reminder to all students that all school laptops must be turned in by Friday at three p.m.

  PEEP SQUAD 4 LIFE

  PRIANKA

  SILVER GIRLS 4 EVA

  GABRIELLE

  Vic, can u text me the pic of all of us in pjs

  I want my dad 2 print for me

  PRIANKA

  Text 2 me 2 plsss

  CECILY

  Same

  VICTORIA

  On it

  BTW did I tell u my philly friends r coming 2morrow 2 visit for a few days

  They finished school last week

  PRIANKA

  OMG that is so fun

  CECILY

  So excited 2 meet them

  GABRIELLE

  R they participating in spirit week 2 LOL

  VICTORIA

  Yessssss

  CECILY

  So fun

  VICTORIA

  Im soooo excited 4 them to meet u guys & Arjie of course

  CECILY

  LOL, Vic

  U crack me up

  R u guys doing the essay contest

  I am

  GABRIELLE

  Me 2

  PRIANKA

  IDK kinda over schoolwork

  VICTORIA

  LOL 4 real - no thank u essayyyyyy

  GABRIELLE

  LOL, Vic, u r really funny

  VICTORIA

  Thankssssssssss

  Stand by for pic

  UGH pic won’t send

  will try 2morrow

  LYL

  GABRIELLE

  Xoxo

  PRIANKA

  Bue

  LOL BYE

  CECILY

  Bue bue lol mwah

  ESSAY CONTEST

  REFLECTIONS ON THE SCHOOL YEAR

  by Cecily Anderson

  First draft

  I’m going to be honest here. The thing that enticed me most about this contest was the gift card to Jennie’s. The best pizza in the world, in my opinion, and we are so lucky to have it in our town. Our beloved Yorkville. But anyway. I also like writing. So here goes. I think it was a very awkward hard interesting school year. It was my first year in middle school and I didn’t know what to expect. It had many ups and downs but I think our school community became stronger over the course of the year. We struggled with bullying and learning how to behave with phones and I think we really grew.

  SILVER GIRLS 4 LIFE

  CECILY

  This essay is really hard

  PRIANKA

  Exactly y I’m not doing it

  CECILY

  4 real tho

  GABRIELLE

  It is hard ughhhhh

  I may skip it

  PRIANKA

  Time 2 unwindddddd guyysssss

  No more work or stress

  CECILY

  VICTORIA

  Agree

  Cecily, Mara

  CECILY

  R u doing the essay contest

  MARA

  I think so but IDK

  U

  CECILY

  Same sooo hard

  I thought I had lots of ideas but now IDK

  MARA

  Haha me 2

  We are already out of school mode ya know

  CECILY

  IK but it’s only been a few days

  MARA

  True

  CECILY

  Soooo happy we don’t have summer hw

  MARA

  Me 2 OMG

  I hate summer hw

  CECILY

  What r u wearing for college day tomw

  MARA

  My parents met @ U of Mich so wearing a tee from there

  U?

  CECILY

  Well my mom went to Notre Dame & my dad went 2 Duke so IDK

  MARA

  Do u have ND top & Duke shorts? LOL

  CECILY

  Hahahaha pos will check

  Does that seem like 2 much

  MARA

  I don’t think so haha

  CECILY

  K cool

  C u tomw

  MARA

  Gnight xo

  CECILY

  Nite!

  SILVER GIRLS 4 LIFE

  GABRIELLE

  Guys, check out this meme I made

  I had such bad writers block trying 2 do the essay contest

  So I did this instead

  I saw a thing online that said take weirdest pic some1 sent to u & make a meme

  Sounded fun

  CECILY

  OMG is that my picture

  GABRIELLE

  LOL yes

  Weirdest pic I have

  PRIANKA

  Hahahha, Gabs

  VICTORIA

  How do u make a meme

  GABRIELLE

  Will show u next time we hang

  VICTORIA

  LOL ok

  From: Diana Katz

  To: Manjula Basak, Elizabeth Anderson

  Subject: Bra shopping?

  In the words of our dear daughters, OMG!!!! But I think the time has come. Gabby needs more than the tank top she wears under her clothes every d
ay. Can we all do this together and get them some, um, support at Great Shapes? Brace ourselves for the agony? I remember when I went with my mom and it was pure hell. Or am I being dramatic? Help. Longing for the days when our biggest worry was how long the afternoon nap would be.

  X Diana

  Colin, Gabrielle

  GABRIELLE

  Yo check out this meme I made

  COLIN

  Hahahahahahahahahah

  That is so funny

  So happy we didn’t have to make those beans

  GABRIELLE

  IK

  COLIN

  How did u get that pic

  GABRIELLE

  Cece sent to me

  COLIN

  So funny

  She was on beans team

  GABRIELLE

  Yup

  Unknown, Gabrielle

  UNKNOWN

  Gabrielle, is this ur #

  What u did was so rude