| TABLE OF CONTENTS | |
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| PART ONE: Monologs for Girls | |
| 1. A Curse Upon You, Sister . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 5 |
| 2. Mom Always Liked Her Best . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 8 |
| 3. Bald Is Beautiful . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 11 |
| 4. Drill Team Try-Outs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 14 |
| 5. Ghosts and Ghoulies and Bad Big Brothers . . . . . . . . . . . | 16 |
| 6. Vicki Might Have Been President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 19 |
| 7. The Peanut Butter and Spider Sandwich . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 21 |
| 8. Leg Shaving Made Easy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 24 |
| 9. Like Mom, Like Kid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 26 |
| 10. Kathy's Pregnant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 29 |
| 11. Footsteps in the Night . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 31 |
| 12. Class Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 34 |
| 13. You Put WHAT on Your Hair? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 36 |
| 14. Getting My First Bra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 39 |
| 15. In 100 Years, Who'll Know the Difference? . . . . . . . . . . | 42 |
| 16. Double Trouble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 44 |
| 17. How I Quit Biting My Fingernails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 46 |
| 18. Garbage Gifts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 48 |
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| PART TWO: Monologs for Boys | |
| 19. The School Yard Bully . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 55 |
| 20. Will I Have to Get a Shot? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 58 |
| 21. The World's Largest Monopoly Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 60 |
| 22. If It's OK With Mom, Is It OK With You? . . . . . . . . . . . | 63 |
| 23. What Mother Doesn't Know Won't Hurt Me . . . . . . . . . . . . | 66 |
| 24. Weird Richard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 68 |
| 25. Thoughts on a First Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 71 |
| 26. Hero, Turkey, Friend: That's My Dad . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 73 |
| 27. Come to Church Camp; Learn to Kiss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 76 |
| 28. Locker Room Lessons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 79 |
| 29. I Bequeath to Eddie My Model Rockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 82 |
| 30. Delivering Pizza Is Never Dull . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 85 |
| 31. I Hate My Middle Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 88 |
| 32. The Wishbone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 91 |
| 33. The House I Used to Live In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 94 |
| 34. Tale of a Lost Dog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 96 |
| 35. The Stupidest Thing I Ever Did . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 99 |
| 36. The Day I Was a Hero . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 101 |
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| PART THREE: Monologs for Boys or Girls | |
| 37. Never Kiss a Shedding Cat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 109 |
| 38. I Caught Beethoven's Cold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 112 |
| 39. The Day I Switched the Easter Eggs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 115 |
| 40. In My Next Life I Hope I'm a Hot Fudge Sundae . . . . . . . . | 117 |
| 41. Where's Sarah? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 119 |
| 42. My Favorite Food . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 122 |
| 43. When Some Day Comes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 125 |
| 44. The Dog Birthday Party . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 127 |
| 45. Read Any Good Dictionaries Lately? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 130 |
| 46. Things I Wish I Had Not Said . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 132 |
| 47. Big Black Lies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 135 |
| 48. I Used to Think . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 138 |
| 49. Don't Believe a Word I Say . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 140 |
| 50. Never Sleep in Your Underwear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 143 |
| 51. Pulling Rank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 145 |
| 52. Letters to Grandpa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 148 |
| 53. Trading in Old Turtle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 150 |
| 54. The Doggie Dictionary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 153 |
| 55. Toasting Marshmallows on the Right Front Burner . . . . . . . | 156 |
| 56. Boom Butts in the Bean Patch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 158 |
| 57. Getting to the Point, the Long Way . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 160 |
| 58. When I'm Sick, I Like to be Babied . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 163 |
| 59. Daddy Drinks Too Much . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 165 |
| 60. A Falling Star Is a Wondrous Sight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 167 |
| 61. Got a Quarter I Can Have? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 170 |
| 62. Long Live the Easter Bunny . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 172 |
| 63. Refrigerator Art Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 175 |