| CONTENTS | |
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| PART ONE: Monologs for Girls | |
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| 1. They'll Be Sorry When I'm Dead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 7 |
| 2. Mr. Bartholomew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 9 |
| 3. The Fire Drill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 11 |
| 4. Missing Mandy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 13 |
| 5. Beauty for Sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 15 |
| 6. Wedding Woes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 17 |
| 7. I Thought Ellen Was My Friend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 19 |
| 8. The Stepsister Speaks Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 21 |
| 9. First Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 22 |
| 10. Tammi's Brother Is Dead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 24 |
| 11. The Bargain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 26 |
| 12. Three-Kleenex Movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 28 |
| 13. Listening to the Grown-Up Ladies Talk . . . . . . . . . . . . | 30 |
| 14. The New Kid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 32 |
| 15. Last Chance for the Dance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 34 |
| 16. The Best Years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 36 |
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| PART TWO: Monologs for Boys | |
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| 17. Too Young For This, Too Old For That . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 43 |
| 18. Goodbye, Grandma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 45 |
| 19. The Efficient Baby-Sitter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 47 |
| 20. Little Red, the Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 50 |
| 21. Day of Liberation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 53 |
| 22. New Year's Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 55 |
| 23. Riding the Merry-Go-Round . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 58 |
| 24. Little League Dreamer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 60 |
| 25. The Shoe Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 62 |
| 26. Manure Measles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 65 |
| 27. Love Letter to Suzy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 67 |
| 28. I'm Not My Brother; I'm Me . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 69 |
| 29. Reunited Twins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 71 |
| 30. The Girl That I Marry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 73 |
| 31. She Hit Me First . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 75 |
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| PART THREE: Monologs for Boys or Girls | |
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| 32. Help! Send Candy Bars! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 81 |
| 33. Applying for a Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 83 |
| 34. What Did You Learn in School Today? . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 85 |
| 35. My Blankee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 87 |
| 36. The Worm Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 89 |
| 37. Thoughts During a Boring Sermon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 91 |
| 38. The Lemonade Stand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 93 |
| 39. All Mothers Are Clairvoyant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 95 |
| 40. Christmas Surprise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 98 |
| 41. Mom and Dad Don't Love Each Other Anymore . . . . . . . . . . | 100 |
| 42. You Don't Want to Buy One, Do You? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 102 |
| 43. The Bald Eagle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 104 |
| 44. Cafeteria Lunches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 106 |
| 45. There's a Golf Ball in That Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 108 |
| 46. How I Almost Made One Thousand Dollars . . . . . . . . . . . . | 110 |
| 47. My Mother Collects China Cows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 112 |
| 48. The Cat Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 114 |
| 49. Six Snickers, Four Candy Corn, and Three Purple Bubblegum . . | 116 |
| 50. The Driver's Test Is a Piece of Cake . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 118 |
| 51. There's Nothing to Do Around Here . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 120 |
| 52. Dogs, Orion, and Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 122 |
| 53. Long, Hot Showers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 124 |
| 54. The Last Day of Sixth Grade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 125 |
| 55. On Being Different . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 127 |
| 56. Inventions I Intend to Make . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 129 |
| 57. Precious Keepsakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 131 |
| 58. The World's Greatest Tinfoil Collection . . . . . . . . . . . | 133 |
| 59. Out-of-Body Choice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 135 |
| 60. What Will I Be When I Grow Up? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 137 |
| 61. Cotton Candy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 139 |
| 62. Auras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 141 |
| 63. Student Sabbatical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 143 |
| 64. Merry Birthday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 145 |
| 65. The Winner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 147 |