This book is a must for all young girls. This book is "real" and is a great foundation for developing character for young girls who must deal with the rough tough meaness of the female world. It validates the sad reality and garbage stuff that's really going on among young girls.

As a therapist who works primarily with teen girls, I applaud any author who writes on this topic, to give insight and help to many girls who are struggling with these issues. It's the reason I wrote my young adult novel, RETURNABLE GIRL, about a teen in foster care and her journey to adoption, amidst the bullying of middle school. [...]

This book takes heartfelt letters written by girls trusting their most private experiences to a complete stranger (the author) -- and dissects them like a dead frog, telling the girls what they did "wrong" and how they "should" be acting, feeling, behaving if they want to a get a good grade, because this book GRADES every girl in their "First Person" segments.

The book's so-called solutions to complex friendship problems are condescending, written in wittle gurl speak, as if all of the challenges that a teenager faces can be cured by reading one saccharine-sweet paragraph.

This is a great book to give a teenager if you want her to come out acting like a little eye-batting robot who likes to give her friends lectures or follow lemmings over a cliff. Otherwise, I'd recommend books that don't gloss over problems or treat teen's issues like a pre-packaged slab of meat. I just read "Odd Girl Speaks Out" which quotes girls' full experiences without giving too much of a dumbed down response.

It too, however, may not have the answers to life's toughest questions -- but few (if any) books do. For the hardest or most dangerous issues, the best thing you can do is turn to a live person -- and keep turning until you find someone who actually listens to you.