You Are 9 and Ready!

About this book

Does your daughter have a birthday coming up? This might be the best gift she opens.You Are 9 and Ready! is a collection of 12 short stories about real girls facing real situations - navigating a group chat that turns mean, feeling left out by the friends you trusted, carrying something hard while pretending everything is fine, saying the thing you should have said months ago. Twelve stories. Twelve girls. Twelve moments that feel true because they are.But this book doesn't stop at the stories.After every chapter, your daughter gets three questions to think about, a real-world challenge to try that week, and a badge to earn when she completes it. By the time she reaches the last page, she will have done twelve real things - not just read about them. Every challenge is tracked in her own badge tracker built into the front of the book.Nine is a complicated age. The friendships get more layered. The comparisons start. The moments where you're not sure what to say or feel or do come more often. This book was written for exactly that - for the girl in the middle of the complicated part, who is doing better than she knows.The twelve chapters cover: peer pressure and group chats, jealousy and comparison, rumours, exclusion, owning mistakes, hiding how you really feel, perseverance, managing overwhelm, standing up for someone else, saying what you should have said, different kinds of smart, and growing into yourself. Perfect for: birthdays, Christmas, end of year gifts, and any girl aged 9 who is figuring out who she is and what she is capable of.From the author: "I wrote this book for the girl who is doing her best in a complicated year and doesn't realise yet how much that counts."