Katie Friedman Gives Up Texting! (19 page)

 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Tommy Greenwald
is the author of the Charlie Joe Jackson series and
Jack Strong Takes a Stand
. He swears he doesn't text that much, although he has been known to occasionally walk into telephone poles while staring at his phone. Sign up for email updates
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Also by
Tommy Greenwald

Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Not Reading

Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Extra Credit

Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Summer Vacation

Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Making Money

Jack Strong Takes a Stand

 

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CONTENTS

Title Page

Copyright Notice

Dedication

Introductions

Part 1: Jane's Deal

1. A Busy Morning

2. The Nareem Thing

3. Change of Plans

4. A Conversation, Kind of

5. Don't Control, Connect!

6. Backstage

7. Two Lies in Two Minutes

8. Meet the Parents

9. Different Dreams

10. The Last Text

11. How

12. Something Beautiful

13. Nareem

14. The Letter

15. Sometimes It Takes a Little Sadness

16. Two Pelicans

Part 2: The Same, Only Different

17. A Not-So-Busy Morning

18. Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Why Texting Is Awesome

19. Hallway Conversation

20. To Band Or Not to Band

21. Eliza Decides to Save Her Brain

22. Save Our Brains Week!

23. Peggy Changes Her Mind

24. Ms. Kransky

Part 3: The Phonies Versus the Cavemen

25. Now What?

26. TV Night

27. The Next Letter

28. Writing A Song Is Hard, But Making A Phone Call Is Harder

29. Third Lie

30. Mrs. Katz

31. A Day in The Life of No Phones

32. It's for You

33. Show Me Your Moves

34. What the Heart Wants

35. The High Point

36. Missing

37. Who Did It?

38. A True Friend

39. The Last Letter

40. Creating Something

41. Two Apologies

42. The Last Rehearsal

43. The Long Walk Home

44. Pretty Typical Middle School Stuff

45. Preshow

46. Happy Reunions

47. Showtime

48. Encore

49. Jane's Plea

Epilogue: Katie Friedman's First Text

About the Author

Also by Tommy Greenwald

Copyright

 

Text copyright © 2015 by Tommy Greenwald

Illustrations copyright © 2015 by J.P. Coovert

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The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:

 

Greenwald, Tom.

    Katie Friedman gives up texting! (and lives to tell about it.) / Tommy Greenwald; illustrated by J. P. Coovert. — First edition.

        pages cm

    Summary: “Charlie Joe Jackson's best friend Katie Friedman is tough, but can she convince her fellow middle schoolers to give up their phones for a week?”—Provided by publisher.

    ISBN 978-1-59643-837-8 (hardback)—ISBN 978-1-59643-839-2 (ebook)

[1.  Text messages (Cell phone systems)—Fiction.   2.  Cell phones—Fiction.   3.  Middle schools—Fiction.   4.  Schools—Fiction.   5.  Singers—Fiction.   6.  Rock music—Fiction.   7.  Humorous stories.]   I.  Coovert, J. P., illustrator.   II.  Title.

    PZ7.G8523Kat 2015

    [Fic]—dc23

2014037585

 

First edition 2015

Book design by Andrew Arnold