I Can't Believe I Have to Do This Author:Jan Alford What did I get from a certain female parent? A journal. A journal!!. . . All I could do was look at her and think, 'She's gone nuts.'" — — Dean Matthew's can't believe his mother actually expects him to use the journal she gave him for his birthday. What can he write about his family--his pilot father, his pregnant mother, his tattleta... more »le sister, Chelsea, and his oh-so-cute little brother, Wyatt?
But a lot happens in Dean's thirteenth year. He finds himself writing about getting his ear pierced, his dog's accident, a girl named Tasha, and the time he ends up in the police station. Most of all, Dean writes about his best friend Aaron, and how he feels when their friendship changes after Aaron gets into trouble. Maybe there is something to this journal business after all?« less