Ten Good and Bad Things About My Life (So Far)

Written by Ann M. Martin

A summer essay reveals unexpected challenges and a friendship tested by a hospital visit.

4.0 Goodreads · 615 ratings

272 pages· 56,262 words· Est. 8 hour read· 980L

$16.99Save 7%

In stock. Also at Amazon or Bookshop.

Bookroo's summary

Pearl faces a daunting task: recounting a summer filled with upheaval. Her dad's job loss, a camp with her sister as counselor, and a fight with James that questions their friendship and ends in the hospital. Can Pearl navigate these challenges and find the silver lining in her chaotic summer? Discover how she learns that life’s twists often lead to unexpected adventures.

From the publisher

Pearl Littlefield’s first assignment in fifth grade is complicated: She has to write an essay about her summer. Where does she begin? Her dad lost his job, she had to go to a different camp–one where her older sister Lexie was a counselor-in-training (ugh!)–and she and her good friend James Brubaker III had a huge fight, which made them both wonder if the other kids were right that girls and boys can’t be good friends and which landed one of them in the hospital. And there’s much, much more on the list of good and bad things, as Ann Martin takes this appealing character into new adventures through which young readers will see that good or bad, life is what happens when you’re making other plans.

At a glance