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mily Palmer’s Journal, September 12
I can’t believe Sarah has to be so difficult. She always has to have
her own way and then when we disagree, she blames it on me. She
has some nerve, telling me I’m a baby for missing school when I have
my period. Me, Emily Palmer, a baby? She knows I’m not! Yester-
day she and Laura were making faces when I cried after we got our
reports back. I worked hard on that assignment, and she knows it
better than anyone else. Why can’t she understand? She’s supposed
to be my best friend. And today she went and brought up my sweat-
Chapter One
Defining
Premenstrual
Syndrome