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Nothing and Everything: A One-Day Seventh Grade Exposé
Seventh grade. These students know the lay of the land but remain susceptible to the whims of each other and everyone else. They dwell in the fuzzy shallows somewhere between childhood and teenage existence.
Follow twelve compelling seventh graders on the first day of school and experience their emotions and uncertainty as they hand off the story reins one by one.
While rumors of a fight at the nearby high school circulate and grow more audacious with each retelling, you meet each of the main characters, learning their insecurities and all-too-real struggles. Share the burden as they divulge their painful secrets. Experience the wonder of young love and first kisses. Commiserate with the horrors of adolescence and unrequited crushes, while managing overprotective parents, bad timing, and social anxiety. Discover their hopes and dreams, as well as the poisonous doubts and secrets that eat away at their fragile confidence.
Contains passages relating to sexual orientation, menstruation, racism, and alcoholism. Recommended for mature readers in fifth through eighth grade, as well as their parents and teachers.
Follow twelve compelling seventh graders on the first day of school and experience their emotions and uncertainty as they hand off the story reins one by one.
While rumors of a fight at the nearby high school circulate and grow more audacious with each retelling, you meet each of the main characters, learning their insecurities and all-too-real struggles. Share the burden as they divulge their painful secrets. Experience the wonder of young love and first kisses. Commiserate with the horrors of adolescence and unrequited crushes, while managing overprotective parents, bad timing, and social anxiety. Discover their hopes and dreams, as well as the poisonous doubts and secrets that eat away at their fragile confidence.
Contains passages relating to sexual orientation, menstruation, racism, and alcoholism. Recommended for mature readers in fifth through eighth grade, as well as their parents and teachers.
152 pages, Paperback
Published March 8, 2022
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Kathryn Halberg
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Born in Dayton, Ohio, Kathryn was blessed to grow up with a big, boisterous family and attended Catholic school until they moved to a then-rural growing town between Dayton and Cincinnati. The town and Kathryn grew up together, and she is thrilled to be raising her children there.
During her senior year of high school, Kathryn was awarded a full academic scholarship to Towson University in Baltimore, Maryland, where she began classes as a chemistry major. After taking some general education classes in other content areas, she became infatuated with communication studies. A lifelong wallflower, Kathryn wanted to discover more about other people and how they tick. Not willing to completely give up her love of math and science, she may be one of the few people to ever graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Communication Studies and a minor in chemistry.
Moving back to Ohio to be closer to family, she landed a job in higher education as director of admissions for a small graphic design college. Several years later, Kathryn moved to a larger public university where she grew into copywriting, marketing, and social media. Eventually she enrolled at Wright State University and earned a Master of Business Administration, adding yet another suit to her deck of cards.
Along the same time, Kathryn met the love of her life, Alan, and they proceeded to grow a few humans. All boys. She's outnumbered. But she wouldn't change a thing. At least the dog is a girl. Small victories.
These days, between sports practices, laundry, cleaning, taking the dog out umpteen times per day, and round-the-clock work, Kathryn can occasionally be found sipping on sweet Riesling with gummy bears (But skip the green ones. Very scientific.) and immersed in reading, writing, or listening to groan-worthy stories from her children.
Born in Dayton, Ohio, Kathryn was blessed to grow up with a big, boisterous family and attended Catholic school until they moved to a then-rural growing town between Dayton and Cincinnati. The town and Kathryn grew up together, and she is thrilled to be raising her children there.
During her senior year of high school, Kathryn was awarded a full academic scholarship to Towson University in Baltimore, Maryland, where she began classes as a chemistry major. After taking some general education classes in other content areas, she became infatuated with communication studies. A lifelong wallflower, Kathryn wanted to discover more about other people and how they tick. Not willing to completely give up her love of math and science, she may be one of the few people to ever graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Communication Studies and a minor in chemistry.
Moving back to Ohio to be closer to family, she landed a job in higher education as director of admissions for a small graphic design college. Several years later, Kathryn moved to a larger public university where she grew into copywriting, marketing, and social media. Eventually she enrolled at Wright State University and earned a Master of Business Administration, adding yet another suit to her deck of cards.
Along the same time, Kathryn met the love of her life, Alan, and they proceeded to grow a few humans. All boys. She's outnumbered. But she wouldn't change a thing. At least the dog is a girl. Small victories.
These days, between sports practices, laundry, cleaning, taking the dog out umpteen times per day, and round-the-clock work, Kathryn can occasionally be found sipping on sweet Riesling with gummy bears (But skip the green ones. Very scientific.) and immersed in reading, writing, or listening to groan-worthy stories from her children.
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February 28, 2022
I liked it a lot. There were a lot of characters, but they each felt real and faced situations that also felt real. A fast read and I can see giving it to my niece and nephews to read.
Thanks to the author for the advance copy!
Thanks to the author for the advance copy!
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