About Lexie

Lexie is now a senior in high school. Her story will be out in a book called The Rabbit Trap in the fall of 07. She has learned a lot in the past three years that she would really like to share with girls such as herself or parents of girls like her.

"Being 15 and starting high school was hard enough, but being in a new school on top of that was awful. I was leaving Penny, Olivia, and Perry. We didn't have to talk we just knew how we felt. We had been in playgroups together while we were all in diapers. They loved music like I did. We were all string players. Penny's violin couldn't hold a tune, and Perry was always on tempo speed, but we liked playing together. They didn't mind that I was first chair forever. When Mom and Dad said we were moving to Columbus, Ohio, they promised nothing would change. They said I could come back and visit and we would stay close. But things did change. That's why I am writing."

(Lexie is fictitious. She is a compilation of research, real experiences and observations of 18 years of teaching high school.)