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The Pink Locker Society #1
Only Girls Allowed
"Shh! You are now a member of the Pink Locker Society. More details to come. Shh!" Welcome to the Pink Locker Society. Membership is a high honor, but Jemma and her two best friends can't tell anyone about their secret office, the work they do, or how they always manage to skip study hall. Behind pink doors, the trio of teens (plus Bet, the new girl) have been asked to take on a mysterious mission at Margaret Simon Middle School. They're supposed to help other girls by answering their questions about the PBBs.* Can Jemma, Piper, Kate, and Bet think fast and think pink? Visit the Pink Locker Society at PinkLockerSociety.org. *Look on page 27 to learn what the PBBs are!
140 pages, Paperback
First published August 30, 2010
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April 22, 2021
I have read this book so many times and its a good book. It educational,fun, and appropriate.
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November 27, 2021Marking all the juvie fiction books for nostalgiaaaaaa
June 29, 2014
What was I thinking!!!!
December 23, 2014
It was a really good book. I read it in 3 days. It is for girls ages 9-16.
June 21, 2021
Jemma and her two best friends, Kate, and Piper along with Bet find pink lockers on the back wall of their lockers. On those lockers is a note telling them when to return and the password to enter those pink lockers. What they find there is that they are the new members of the Pink Locker Society. What they are to do and how is what they need to learn.
I enjoyed this story. The world building was good. I liked Jemma. She is definitely an eighth-grader. She is at times quiet then she just says whatever comes out of her mouth. Her friends try to keep her in line as each has a certain influence on her. I have questions just like Jemma--what is this society, why did go inactive, who can tell them? Everything is on a need to know basis as we read through the story. I think I'll be needing to get the other 3 books in the series to find the answers as Jemma and her friends bring back the Pink Locker Society.
I enjoyed this story. The world building was good. I liked Jemma. She is definitely an eighth-grader. She is at times quiet then she just says whatever comes out of her mouth. Her friends try to keep her in line as each has a certain influence on her. I have questions just like Jemma--what is this society, why did go inactive, who can tell them? Everything is on a need to know basis as we read through the story. I think I'll be needing to get the other 3 books in the series to find the answers as Jemma and her friends bring back the Pink Locker Society.
May 18, 2018
Amazing I loved it think pink Locker Society you’ll change every girl’s life.
December 19, 2016
Only Girls Allowed is the first book in the Pink Locker Society series. Main character Jemma, her best friends, Piper and Kate, and Bet, the new girl are tapped for a secret organization at the start of the school year. A mysterious club called the Pink Locker Society has managed to get the girls out of study hall so they can meet in a hidden room to which all their lockers are connected by a secret door. The purpose of the Pink Locker Society, or PLS, is to provide advice for other middle school girls about PBBs (periods, bras, and boys.) Jemma and friends are set up with a website where girls can write in their questions and problems. The society must then work together to answer the questions honestly and helpfully. This works great for a while, but then things start to fall apart. The PLS website gets hacked, Jemma allows her interest in a boy to compromise her membership in the society, and the school administration becomes suspicious. Will the girls be able to save the generations-old organization, or will PBBs have to remain a mystery at their school?
While this is certainly an entertaining read for early tweens, it is also quite educational. The author, Debra Moffitt is the kids' editor of KidsHealth.org, which is a real-life website for answering questions about puberty, and I could tell her expertise really informed the story. The questions the PLS receives all involve the most embarrassing and pressing questions of early adolescence, and the answers the society members come up with are honest, accurate, and most importantly, delivered as messages between girls, rather than lectures from teachers or other authority figures.
The mystery surrounding the Pink Locker Society itself is a great hook to establish interest in the book, and the society's website is a great way to package this sometimes uncomfortable information about changes in girls' bodies. The main character is like a lot of girls - pretty normal, with an average home and school life, who is just as curious as she is eager to help. Her endearing, everygirl voice and the serious, respectful treatment of each question make this book a safe place for girls trying to figure out exactly what puberty is all about, and I think the book is gentle enough that even the most squeamish or sheltered girl would feel comfortable reading and learning from it.
I really recommend this book to girls who are looking for support as they go through their own first experiences with periods, bras, and boys, and to parents, as well, who need help broaching the subject with their tween daughters.
While this is certainly an entertaining read for early tweens, it is also quite educational. The author, Debra Moffitt is the kids' editor of KidsHealth.org, which is a real-life website for answering questions about puberty, and I could tell her expertise really informed the story. The questions the PLS receives all involve the most embarrassing and pressing questions of early adolescence, and the answers the society members come up with are honest, accurate, and most importantly, delivered as messages between girls, rather than lectures from teachers or other authority figures.
The mystery surrounding the Pink Locker Society itself is a great hook to establish interest in the book, and the society's website is a great way to package this sometimes uncomfortable information about changes in girls' bodies. The main character is like a lot of girls - pretty normal, with an average home and school life, who is just as curious as she is eager to help. Her endearing, everygirl voice and the serious, respectful treatment of each question make this book a safe place for girls trying to figure out exactly what puberty is all about, and I think the book is gentle enough that even the most squeamish or sheltered girl would feel comfortable reading and learning from it.
I really recommend this book to girls who are looking for support as they go through their own first experiences with periods, bras, and boys, and to parents, as well, who need help broaching the subject with their tween daughters.
November 18, 2012
Reviewed by Marta Morrison for TeensReadToo.com
Where do you go when you have important life questions and you are in middle school? Are you able to talk to your parents or do you have a special teacher or a bff?
In this short but wonderful novel, Jemma, Katie, Piper, and Bet find a pink locker inside their school. When they open the locker they find a secret room with computers, a lounge, and news that they have been selected to be in the Pink Locker Society.
The Pink Locker Society was started a long time ago and was around until 1976, when it was disbanded. Some of its older members decided it needed to be started up again. The girls have been tapped to restart this society and answer life questions that other girls write to them.
This book was really awesome. The girls were realistic and fun to know. It had great advice about periods, bras, and boys. The great thing is that this story is linked to a website called The Pink Locker Society, which has crafts, questions, and good advice. It is run by the Kids Health Organization.
There will also be another book coming out in January, so I imagine it will be turned into a series. Fun to read and a great way to get answers to questions!
Where do you go when you have important life questions and you are in middle school? Are you able to talk to your parents or do you have a special teacher or a bff?
In this short but wonderful novel, Jemma, Katie, Piper, and Bet find a pink locker inside their school. When they open the locker they find a secret room with computers, a lounge, and news that they have been selected to be in the Pink Locker Society.
The Pink Locker Society was started a long time ago and was around until 1976, when it was disbanded. Some of its older members decided it needed to be started up again. The girls have been tapped to restart this society and answer life questions that other girls write to them.
This book was really awesome. The girls were realistic and fun to know. It had great advice about periods, bras, and boys. The great thing is that this story is linked to a website called The Pink Locker Society, which has crafts, questions, and good advice. It is run by the Kids Health Organization.
There will also be another book coming out in January, so I imagine it will be turned into a series. Fun to read and a great way to get answers to questions!
October 22, 2010
Jemma, Kate, and Piper are in for a surprise on the first day of eighth grade. Each girl opens her locker and, along the back wall, finds another locker door. These pink locker doors open into a secret room belonging to the mysterious Pink Locker Society. Who has revived the once-banned Pink Locker Society and why were Jemma, Kate, and Piper chosen as members? The three best friends now have the duty of dishing advice to other girls on the important details of PBBs- periods, boys, and bras. Only Girls Allowed is a heartfelt look at coming of age issues for girls. Tween girls will enjoy Moffitt’s uplifting tale of friendship and adventure. For the young reader who wants even more girl power and sisterhood, there’s an accompanying website at www.pinklockersociety.org. CL
June 3, 2011
I wanted to read this because someone said I should recommend this to preteen girls at my library, but I don't like recommending something without reading it first. This was cute and I will probably read the other ones and I'll be recommending it to my preteens.
September 24, 2010
This is a great book for sixth graders.
August 12, 2016
Nicely written. The author avoids any sort of cliched prose, and the plot surprises in several places. This should be an enjoyable, as well as helpful, book to maturing girls.
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May 1, 2012it is penk
May 1, 2012
it is penk
May 30, 2014
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September 21, 2015
I don't like this book for me it is pretty boring to be honest
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