![]() ![]() ![]() On the outside, those cards, the ones decorated with purple flowers and smiling cartoon puppies, seemed perfectly, innocently sweet. “Thinking of You” and “Just Saying Hello” were definitely more appropriate than “Happy Birthday” and “Get Well Soon,” but that didn’t make the selection much easier. ![]() Maggie Bean stood at the greeting-card end of the stationery aisle, biting her lip and carefully deciding which sentiment would leave the best impression. Can she handle the pressure? Can she be everything to everybody-including herself? And will her new relationship survive while she's figuring it all out? Excerptġ. Balancing everything requires a lot of careful planning and organizing-and, this time, Maggie's Master Mult-Tasker might not be enough. On top of that, she is striving to the best friend, daughter, and sister she can be (not to mention girlfriend). ![]() But eighth grade is serious - it's one year closer to high school, college and the rest of her life, and Maggie has a lot to do: academic clubs, the swim team, the Patrol This weight-loss club. Maggie wants nothing more than to bask in the joy of having a boyfriend, being a girlfriend and enjoying eighth grade. The real kind, with actual dates, hand holding, laughing and wishing every perfect moment would never end. She's successfully maintained her weight, moved into a beautiful house her family actually owns, and - best of all - fallen in love. At the start of 8th grade, Maggie Bean is really, truly, 100% happy. ![]()
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