Even thought she’s the smartest girl at Treewiddle Elementary, Lizzy only works for the school newspaper The Treewiddle Tribune to improve her resume. She also lacks journalistic decorum whenever she encounters immature boys, much to Conrad’s dismay.
Someday Conrad will realize he’s not ever going to be Lizzy’s type. Right now he has a case of puppy love but — though he continues to seek out a silver lining — in matters of romance truth is more[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Lizzy gives Conrad a future warning about girl empowerment if boys and men don’t grow up and shed their ‘boy phase.’
Lizzy loves a good conversation … especially when it’s someone else’s! *** I spent WAY too much time trying to figure out the correct way to write “nosey” or “nosy” so the punchline “earsy” or “earsey” would not look confusing[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This youthful development was a continuing personal struggle when I was a teenager through my twenties. Why did girls gravitate so much to the jerks and selfish abusive boyfriends? I couldn’t figure it out. Once I saw both sides I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…