Middle School: The Real Deal (rpkg): From Cafeteria Food to Combination Locks [Paperback]

Juliana Farrell (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 10, 2001 | Age Level: 10 and up | Grade Level: 5 and up

What your older sister won't tell you...
What your parents don't know...

Do grades really matter?
Where's the cafeteria?
How do I get to my next class, with all the right books, in under five minutes?
Which clubs do I join?
What do you mean I have to take another language? Isn't english enough?
If I get stuffed in my locker, how long will it take someone to find me?

From cliques to class schedules, electives to extra credit, cafeteria food to combination locks, you'll fing everything you need to know right here. This book has the latest scoop, the coolest quizzes, and the best advice around if you're about to take the middle school plunge.

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

Reviewed with Juliana Farrell's High School.

Written in the style of a breezy magazine piece, this title offers mostly commonsense advice about the academic, extracurricular, and social changes faced by students entering middle school and junior high. Occasionally, the text reveals irritating biases: it warns in a discussion of foreign languages that because Spanish is rumored to be "the easiest language, the slackers may take over this class." But the book is helpful in covering increasingly difficult academic subjects, how to cope with different teachers' styles, and how to improve communication and establish trust with parents. Formatted in choppy, occasionally hard-to-read text boxes, this isn't a necessary purchase, but the sporadic helpful tips make for decent browsing material. Gillian Engberg
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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 10 and up
  
• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: HarperTrophy (April 10, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0380813130
• ISBN-13: 978-0380813131
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,846,120 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #32 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Nonfiction > Education > College & University > Student Life

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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Job Well Done!, July 1, 2001

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Kathleen F Brockie (Danville, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Middle School: The Real Deal (rpkg): From Cafeteria Food to Combination Locks (Paperback)

I am just entering middle school this year, and my mom had gotten, Middle School the Real Deal, for me.I started reading it and had already been helped! It was great!!! When I finished the book, two days later, I was already ready to start the new year of school again. This book is great for kids who feel like they need help with what to do in middle school. Thank you for writing this awesome book! I love it!!!! Thank you so much!!!!!

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It really helped out..., November 12, 2005

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Middle School: The Real Deal (rpkg): From Cafeteria Food to Combination Locks (Paperback)

I read this book while I was still in the 5th grade and wow!!! This book is great! It's been a while since I read it, but I was looking over it the other day and it really is a good book to read BEFORE middle school. A lot of it focuses on preparation and "the first day", so I wouldn't suggest reading it in the middle of the year... but do read it! It's a well written book.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Real help, February 3, 2004

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"dukeisnumber1" (Belleville) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Middle School: The Real Deal (rpkg): From Cafeteria Food to Combination Locks (Paperback)

Ok... your leaving elementary school about to enter middle school/jr. high and your dead afraid. What do you do? Well, you read Middle School: the real deal. I bought the book during the summer before 6th grade while at Barnes & Noble during a family vacation and it was actually pretty helpful.You can't really expect to read this and have no troubles though,because you have to learn somethings yourself, but for the most part it was good. I just bought the one for high school........