Author: Ann M. Martin
Publisher: New York: Scholastic, Inc.
Pub. Date: 1997
ISBN: 0-590-29835-6
Pages: unpaged (printed handwriting)
Summary: Dawn Schafer writes in her journal about all of the events going on in her life, and the feelings she has about them. She and her fellow eighth graders get moved into the high school building, she finds out that her step-mom is going to have a baby, she gets invited to a fake party, and she realizes that her group of friends is changing.
Major Characters: Dawn Schafer, Sunny Winslow (friend), Maggie (friend), Jill (friend)
Comments: Spin-off of the Babysitters' Club series. Written in style and form like a diary (written in the first person, daily entries, handwriting used, pages look like lined paper). Talks about many realistic things (cancer, divorce, being pregnant, parties, getting drunk, getting older, outgrowing friends, etc.)
Genre: Realistic fiction
Series fiction
Age Level: 12+
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