That One Girl

By Joyce Peter and Jeannine Peter-Henderson

This is a book about life, youth, and friendship, written from a teenager’s point of view and with young people in mind. This book also highlights some of the real issues young people of today may face.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris UK
• Release date: Jan 28, 2019
• ISBN: 9781543492651

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Copyright © 2019 by Joyce Peter. 784472

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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to any actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Rev. date: 03/04/2019

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Contents

1 THAT ONE GIRL: ME!

2 THAT ONE GIRL: LIAR, LIAR

3 THAT ONE GIRL: OH SO CONFUSED

4 THAT ONE GIRL: OH, SO POPUPLAR

5 THAT ONE GIRL: WHO’S MUCH TOO LOUD

6 THAT ONE GIRL: DADDY’S GIRL

7 THAT ONE GIRL: THINKS SHE IS ALL THAT

8 THAT ONE GIRL: A GIRL’S BEST FRIEND

1

THAT ONE GIRL:

ME!

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Hi! My name is Elizabeth Georgina Cartland-Price. My mum called me Elizabeth, after her great aunt who took care of her when her mum died. She was only 2 then. I got the name Georgina from my dad’s mum. I don’t mind because Nan Georgina is great. She’s the best cook. Whenever I go to hers, she bakes these varieties of fruit-cakes, um-m-m yummy. But the best thing is she knows how to treat me, like a teenager. She’s older than most of my friends’ grandmas but I think she has got the youngest heart.

Cartland is my mum’s maiden name and Price I got from my dad. Yes! Price. I’ve got the names that come with GREAT PRICE.

Younger folks always tease me; mainly boys. They sometimes call me Queen Elizabeth, especially when I try to do or say the right thing. My teacher Miss Woodland, who also has a funny name and some older people, I mean people in their 30s and 40s and ask if I’m related to Dame Barbara Cartland. Who is she? Is she ancient or what? Am I supposed to know her?

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