How to Survive Middle School (25 page)

Donna Gephart’s first novel,
As If Being 12¾ Isn’t Bad Enough, My Mother Is Running for President!
won the prestigious Sid Fleischman Humor Award. Donna grew up in Philadelphia and now lives in South Florida with her family. Visit her on the Web at
www.donnagephart.com
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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Copyright © 2010 by Donna Gephart

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Gephart, Donna.
How to survive middle school / Donna Gephart. — 1st ed.
p. cm.
Summary: When thirteen-year-old David Greenberg’s best friend makes the start of middle school even worse than he feared it could be, David becomes friends with Sophie, who shares his love of television shows and posts one of their skits on YouTube, making them wildly popular—online, at least.
eISBN: 978-0-375-89587-6
[1. Middle schools—Fiction. 2. Schools—Fiction. 3. Best friends—Fiction. 4. Friendship—Fiction. 5. Popularity—Fiction. 6. Video recordings—Production and direction—Fiction. 7. YouTube (Electronic resource)—Fiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.G293463How 2010
[Fic]—dc22           
2009021809

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