The Summer Before: My Years in Middle School

The Summer Before: My Years In Middle SchoolThis is Book No. 1 entitledThe Summer Beforein the 6 part seriesMy Years In Middle School.Follow the adventures of Nancy Jane and her two best friends Helen Schunter and Karen Stamm as they experience school, boys, bullying, getting even, dealing with Nancy Janes' nemesis Lois Talker and more. Other titles in this series include:Book #2:Is This Love?Book #3:Scanner In My NeighborhoodBook #4:Summertime MemoriesBook #5:Girl's RevengeBook #6:Lookout High School, Here We Come!Following is an excerpt from Book #1The Summer Before."AAAAGGGGHHHH!"I could hear my mother screaming from the direction of the living room as I lay in bed, half asleep. "Who would do such a thing?" she continued to scream. I went from my half-asleep stupor to wide awake almost instantly. I sprang out of bed and ran into the hallway, heading towards the living room and the direction of all of the noise and commotion.When I arrived in the living room, there was my mother standing in the open front door to our modest house, with her hands on her hips, as she looked intensely out the wide open doorway towards the street in front of our house. I was taken back for a moment because, from my vantage point, where I was at the back and left of Mom, her silhouette made her look like some crazy woman out of one of those action adventure horror movies. I proceeded cautiously and moved in alongside my mother so that I could see out the front door to see what all the excitement was about.Mom's screaming had quieted to her more normal, low rumbling tone as she continued, "I just can't believe it! Who would do such a terrible thing?" About that time, I got a good look at myself."WHOA!"I roared and then burst out into spontaneous laughter. There it was. The object of all of the early morning excitement was right there in front of my eyes. And what a sight it was. Mom's minivan had been egged right there in front of our house. The poor thing looked like it was a bull’s eye at a shooting range. I just could not keep mys