Real Talk Before High School

An interactive book that helps prepare middle school students for entering 9th grade!

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About the Book: Real Talk Before High School

The Real Talk Podcast was supposed to help three friends win $10,000. Then the letters started sounding a little too much like their own lives.

Tee, Justin, and Olivia are eighth graders with one big plan: create a podcast about healthy and toxic middle school relationships, win the national contest, and split the prize money three ways.

At first, it feels simple. Their classmates send in anonymous letters about friendship drama, crushes, pressure, jealousy, family stress, and learning how to speak up. The Real Talk Crew answers with honesty, humor, and advice from other teens. But when the podcast starts getting attention, everything changes. Private problems become public. Friendships get tested. High school placement letters arrive. And the three friends realize the future may pull them in different directions.

Part story, part podcast, part group chat, and part survival guide, Real Talk Before High School is for anyone getting ready for ninth grade, learning who to trust, and figuring out how to use their voice before everything changes.