Can anyone suggest some "upper" middle grade books? Books that deal with (and actually have) kissing or bras. Thanks!
Kissing and Bras
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Yes! Thanks! That's what I'm looking for. Books like Judy Blume, Natasha Friend, and Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. I don't know a lot of the more current ones out there, so I'd love recommendations.
Thirteen, and Thirteen Plus One, have kissing and bras, and...periods! The MC actually mentions how Judy Blume books turned her into a pervert, because that's how she learned about periods and erections and now she can't stop thinking about it 
Lauren Myracle's Winnie series-- Eleven, Twelve, Thirteen, and Thirteen Plus One
Sarah Mlynowski's Magic in Manhattan series about a young teen witch (the first is called Bras and Broomsticks)
The Secret Language of Girls by Frances O'Roark Dowell
Sarah Mlynowski's Magic in Manhattan series about a young teen witch (the first is called Bras and Broomsticks)
The Secret Language of Girls by Frances O'Roark Dowell
In addition to those already mentioned:
Shug, by Jenny Han (or Haan? I can't remember. But it's a fantastic book that I've read multiple times).
Olive's Ocean, by Kenvin Henkes.
Shug, by Jenny Han (or Haan? I can't remember. But it's a fantastic book that I've read multiple times).
Olive's Ocean, by Kenvin Henkes.
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Ah. Cynthia Kadohata's Kira-Kira mentions quite a bit of kissing. Wish I knew of a few more.
Also, Models Don't Eat Chocolate Cookies and The Total Tragedy of a Girl Named Hamlet, both by Erin Dionne.