Shug
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Chapter Book · Ages 10–13 · 2006 · Est. 5 hour read

Shug

By Jenny Han

Twelve-year-old faces junior high changes and friendship challenges.

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248 pages· 47,044 words· Est. 5 hour read
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Shug Wilcox feels awkward and out of place as she starts junior high. Her friends, especially lifelong buddy Mark, seem distant, and she longs for the simplicity of the past. As life shifts around her, Shug must navigate the complexities of growing up and discover her own strengths. Can she find her place in a world that feels so different? Join Shug on her journey of self-discovery and friendship in this heartfelt tale.

From the publisher

Annemarie “Shug” Wilcox is clever and brave and true (on the inside anyway). And she’s about to become your new best friend in this enchanting middle grade novel from the New York Times bestselling author of To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before (soon to be a major motion picture!), Jenny Han. Annemarie Wilcox, or Shug as her family calls her, is beginning to think there’s nothing worse than being twelve. She’s too tall, too freckled, and way too flat-chested. Shug is sure that there’s not one good or amazing thing about her. And now she has to start junior high, where the friends she counts most dear aren’t acting so dear anymore – especially Mark, the boy she’s known her whole life through. Life is growing up all around her, and all Shug wants is for things to be like they used to be. How is a person supposed to prepare for what happens tomorrow when there’s just no figuring out today?

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Format
Hardcover
Pages
248
Words
47,044
Reading age
10–13
Audience
Middle Grade
Lexile
680L
Themes & topics
Books about friendshipBooks about self-esteemBooks about social themesBooks about coming of ageBooks about middle school
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
4
F&P level
~P
AR points
7
AR interest level
MG
AR quiz
106224
Publication
Published
May 1, 2006
First published
April 25, 2006
Edition
Language
English
Type
Chapter Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9781416909422

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