I am in search of a book I read in 1979 when I was a high school freshman. I checked it out of our high school library and read it for a speech we had to do in English that year. I don’t remember the author’s name At the time I thought it seemed pretty contemporary, maybe written in the mid to late 70s.
I can’t recall the character’s names, but the story centered around a girl in either 9th or 10th grade. It may have been written in the first person or in journal style. It’s about what happens to her at school, what boy she likes, etc. I remember I quoted a line from book in my speech that either had “shit” or “damn” in it and I talked to my English teacher about it because it was important to my speech and the story, but was nervous about saying it in class.
Lost Classics of Teen Lit: Name That Book! 